Neatorama Posts Tagged with "talkies"

Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer...

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website.Ask most movie fans. "What was the first 'talkie'?" and the most frequent reply has always been The Jazz...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/09/Al-Jolson-and-iThe-Jazz-Singeri/

Musicians Wage War Against Evil Robots...

It happens every time some new technology threatens to put people out of work: a public campaign to save jobs. One example was in the 1920s and '30s, when synchronized sound was added to movies, which meant that theaters...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/11/musicians-wage-war-against-evil-robots/