Invention of Talking Pictures




Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1925/00/00 In late 1925, Sam Warner convinces his brothers at Warner Brothers Pictures to invest $1.25 million to design and build a theater to feature their new film sound synchronization technology, Vitaphone. Warner Pacific Theatre, Los Angeles
1925/06/00 Theodore Case directs vaudevillian Gus Visser and his singing duck. Dr Sylvester Willard Mansion, Auburn, NY
1927/10/00 California's first permanently installed movie sound system, the Vitaphone, is installed at The Alhambra just after the theater's opening. Alhambra Theatre, Sacramento
1927/10/06 "The Jazz Singer", the first feature motion picture with a synchronized music score and singing, starring Al Jolson is released Warner Bros Pictures. Executive Office Building, Old Warner Brothers Studio, Los Angeles

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