Adverisements for 1st Talking Movie:

The first all-sound was "The Jazz Singer" with Al Jolson. Al Jolson's 1927 film The Jazz Singer is usually identified as the first American motion picture to include sound. It was advertised as a 'De Forest Phonofilm - it actually talks and reproduces music without use of a phonograph. The film premiered at the Rivoli Theater in New York City in April 1923, making Sissle and Blake the first black performers to appear in a 'talkie.