"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie with talking actors, was released on this day in history, Oct. 6, 1927. The cinema landmark caused a sensation.

According to Hollywood legend, Warner Bros. launched a revolution in cinema when the studio released the first “talking picture,” 1927’s The Jazz Singer. Except that it wasn’t the first ...

Of the silent directors who made talking pictures, ... was Al Jolson crowing “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” on the soundtrack of “The Jazz Singer,” the first talking picture, in 1927.

One night in September 1913, the first “talking” motion picture came to the Inland Empire. Whoa, stop right there. Everyone knows the first feature film with music and speaking parts … ...

The Jazz Singer, only 88 minutes long, had 15 different reel discs that needed to be changed at different points throughout the movie to ensure that the sound synced up with the images on the screen.

Are we supposed to celebrate The Jazz Singer unabashedly, as this DVD set does? Among the voluminous extras — a commentary track, a documentary on the dawn of ”talking picture” technology, a ...

The evolution from the first motion pictures to smartphones and HDTVs has taken more than a century. "The Jazz Singer," a 1927 movie, is often thought of as the first talking picture, but there ...

On Oct. 6, 1927, The Jazz Singer had its premiere in New York City. Today, the Warner Brothers movie is often referred to as the first “talkie,” or motion picture with sound. It wasn’t, but ...

‘The Jazz Singer’ was released in 1927. To mark the 97th anniversary of the first talking picture, ... talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros Pictures.

The three-disc Jazz Singer Blu-ray Book (1927, Warner Bros., not rated, $36) brings the groundbreaking film to home video in high definition for the first time.

Get a glimpse of what 1920s kids loved to watch during the Stanford Theatre’s weekend showings of “Clash of the Wolves” (1925) and “The Jazz Singer” (1927). The two play as part of this ...