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The Birth of the Talkies: The Birth of the Talkies

The Birth of the Talkies
The Birth of the Talkies
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“The Birth of the Talkies”

The talking motion picture will not supplant the regular silent motion picture.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON, 1913

I have just been, for the first time, to see and hear a picture talk. . . .
I saw and heard . . . the latest and most frightful creation-saving
device for the production of standardized amusement. . . .
ALDOUS HUXLEY, 1929

Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!
AL JOLSON, 1927

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