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This list includes film titles, release dates, production companies, audio type and archive status; denoting whether they exist, are lost or incomplete, the film or audio elements exist only, as well as the number of discs extant for films recorded with Vitaphone soundtracks.
By the early 1930s, sound had become fully integrated into the film industry, leading to the end of the silent film era and the rise of “talkies.” Hollywood studios that adapted to sound quickly, such as Warner Bros. and Fox, thrived, while those slow to adopt the technology struggled.
Film Sound History - a short technical history of "the talkies", including a brief movie-sound landmark cronography; Timeline of Sound-on-Film - development of film and sound on film by Doug Mitchell. Audio Timeline
In 1928 Warner Brothers produced the first "100% talkie," Lights of New York, and the era of the sound film was fully underway. By 1929 fully three-fourths of all Hollywood films had some form of sound accompaniment, and by 1930 silent films were no longer being produced.
20 sty 2023 · From Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) to Damien Chazelle’s new 1920s Hollywood epic Babylon (2022), the consensus is that it was Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer (1927) that sounded the death knell of the silent era.
The earliest sound movie now acknowledged by most film historians as a masterpiece is the German film "M", directed by Fritz Lang, which premiered May 11, 1931.
Best Early Sound Films. 1. The Jazz Singer (1927) Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Musical. The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer. Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer.
