Today in History: October 6, 1927 | The Day Movies Learned to Talk

Today in history, October 6, 1927: The Jazz Singer premiered in New York, and for the first time a feature film let audiences hear its star sing and speak in sync with his lips. Within a few years, silent movies had mostly vanished, but the man who pushed hardest for sound never saw it happen.

The night movies found their voice, told in 60 seconds.

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Sources: Wikipedia ("The Jazz Singer", "Sam Warner", "Vitaphone"), Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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