talking picture
Example Sentences
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The first talking picture, “The Jazz Singer,” starred Al Jolson as a cantor’s son who wanted to go pop.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024
On Tuesday, Amazon introduced a smart thermostat, talking picture frame and even a rolling robot — each of which you operate primarily through Amazon’s Alexa assistant.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2021
I felt like I had just witnessed the first talking picture.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2020
Then take in a movie at The State Theater — the first in Michigan to show a talking picture — which animates downtown.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2018
It was four years after I invented the talking picture that they finally put the sound on the movie film where I had put it in the first place.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar
