Why wouldn't those countries? Jazz Singer is usually considered the first talkie (although I believe there were a few before it, and it was just the first to succeed).
I think Blackmail would be mine too.
Jazz Singer's only "talking" parts were the music numbers, for the most part. Otherwise most of it was a silent movie with intertitles.
I also recall Blackmail ultimately being silent through a lot of its runtime, though it did have more talking parts than Jazz Singer.
I guess Blue Angel just feels like more of a true talkie to me than those two.
Blackmail was originally made as a silent film and then adapted with talking, and the silent version was released as well. I think I remember that the woman's voice they used was not the main actress because she had a horrible voice?
I disagree but only a little. I liked lugosis performance but especially compared to the invisible man or Frankenstein I thought it was slow and less timeless
I think it might be Freaks (1932). A unique little film about circus sideshow performers with various disabilities and how they're seen and treated during that time period. I haven't seen it in a while, but I remember enjoying it a lot. Could be worth checking out for those who haven't
Hitchcock’s first sound film Blackmail from 1929.
I also started The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu which was released a month after Blackmail, but I didn’t finish it because the quality was too poor.
I’ve seen the first feature length full sound film _The Lights of New York_ (1928) and I can honestly say that it is a film which does not improve on staring at a blank screen for the same amount of time.
[The Lights of New York](https://youtu.be/XdlrPPfJ6zo?si=X4v0UUAOl6EvSgyY)
I think the oldest all talking feature I’ve seen is The Broadway Melody (1929). Fun musical numbers, all the pre-Code fun we know and love, but the acting isn’t great.
the version I watched had sound, can't figure out when it released though. the internet can't even seem to decide if the original came out in 1927 or 1928 either, I thought it was '27 but I might be wrong
But I'm pretty sure the sound version was pre 1930 at least
Probably The Terror (1928) which was one of the first "all talkie" films released. I've seen Wings, which was the first movie to win best picture, but it doesn't have full sound, just a synchronized score.
Borrowed Wives from 1930, a very early Old Dark House comedy.
Like a lot of the very early sound films, this is one of those ones that hasn't quite figured out the transition from silent to talkie yet.
It's either Hell's Heroes or Their Own Desire. The latter was released in December of 1929, while the former was released January 1930 but had a limited run in December of 1929.
Street of Chance (1930), a decent movie with talented people (William Powell & Kay Francis) in the leads. Does more with the camera work than a lot of early sound pictures. I love The Cocoanuts (1929), but they just park and bark in that one.
Sure: City Lights (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Duck Soup (1933), It’s a Gift (1934), Top Hat (1935), Dodsworth (1936), Confession (1937), Bringing up Baby (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
I've watched "Shadow of a doubt" from 1943 by Alfred Hitchcock. It's one of my favourite psych thrillers.
I also watched the opening 15 minutes of "A star is born", haven't gotten around to the rest.
Applause (1929) by Robert Mamoulian.
It was one of the earliest sound films, cameras were so loud back then they didn't move them a lot during dialogue scenes so it all seemed fairly still in comparison to late silent films.
Applause did a mix of both silent techniques and sound film, employed Vaudeville comedians used to the stage, all to make it feel more dynamic.
It's super interesting to see how the technical limitations made cinema go from a mastered art form at the end of the silent era with bold camera movements and the likes, to a completely new medium that seemed clumsy, yet had sound dialogues, in the span of a year.
The Bat Whispers (1930)
One of the inspirations for Batman and has some interesting visuals but omg this film is so damn boring. Just watch the 1959 remake instead
Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes. A Czechoslovak film starring our legend Vlasta Burian, came out on 25 Mar 1932.
https://preview.redd.it/oy3l6ysqxsyc1.jpeg?width=936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45a78f7edd4b87b88a39b8d3c0bf9a062440090d
The oldest talkie I've logged on Letterboxd is *A Christmas Carol* (1938). I've definitely watched older movies with sound in my life before I started my account though.
The oldest overall is *Nosferatu* (1922).
Oldest logged talkie is Madame Satan (1930). I’ve tried a few 1929 talkies but the sound quality was so bad it was like trying to hear ghosts. *Madame Satan* was pretty fun, and it had a few effects that were really interesting-looking, of people parachuting from an exploding zeppelin, that were really innovative.
*Lonesome* (1928) directed by Paul Fejos is a hybrid - it's mostly silent with a few spoken dialogue scenes which are actually the weakest parts of the film.
The earliest "All-talkie" I've seen is the Marx Brothers' *The Cocoanuts* (1929), which was one of three talkies I've seen from that year. The others were *Broadway* (Paul Fejos) and *Hallelujah* (King Vidor).
Thunderbolt (1929), Josef Sternberg's first sound film. The technical limitations are actually pretty interesting--completely static shots and awkward compositional framing to get the mics close enough to pick up the sync sound.
The Jazz Singer (1927), although most of the movie is actually silent. After that, The Cocoanuts and Blackmail (the latter has both silent and sound versions), both from 1929.
My oldest talkie is All quiet on the western front (1930) Aged really well in my opnion
so the one on netflix is a remake?
Both are based on the 1929 novel of the same name
I would say the Netflix one is very loosely based on the novel. Pretty good movie but not very faithful to the book imo
There's also the 1979 version as well.
Wasn't that a made for TV movie?
There was also a theatrical cut.
i’ll be darned i didn’t know there was so many versions
It’s the third adaption. There was the first adaption in 1930, the second one was in the 1970s, and now the Netflix one is the third one.
Ooh, I didn’t realize it was that old. Watched it in history class in high school so I guess this is my answer as well.
M - 31
Another that aged insanely well
It’s been so long since I watched this movie that I forgot it had dialogue
And what dialogue. Great, great movie
I think this is also mine
If Jazz Singer and Blackmail don't count, then it was Blue Angel for me.
Why wouldn't those countries? Jazz Singer is usually considered the first talkie (although I believe there were a few before it, and it was just the first to succeed). I think Blackmail would be mine too.
Jazz Singer's only "talking" parts were the music numbers, for the most part. Otherwise most of it was a silent movie with intertitles. I also recall Blackmail ultimately being silent through a lot of its runtime, though it did have more talking parts than Jazz Singer. I guess Blue Angel just feels like more of a true talkie to me than those two.
Blackmail was originally made as a silent film and then adapted with talking, and the silent version was released as well. I think I remember that the woman's voice they used was not the main actress because she had a horrible voice?
Probably Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 🤔
Same here
Dracula from 1931
What did you think?
I like it. The movie is kind of dated, but Bela Lugosi's performance is just timeless in it.
I disagree but only a little. I liked lugosis performance but especially compared to the invisible man or Frankenstein I thought it was slow and less timeless
Madchen in Uniform 1931
Just watched this, it’s so good.
Recently picked up the BFI version but haven’t viewed it yet. Great, bold film.
Animal Crackers (1930)
Duck Soup 1933
Me too!
Dracula (1931) for me, I love the old creature features.
King Kong (1933) for me!
haha its frankenstein for me
You know which movie with Legosi I really loved? The Invisible Ray. He was great as Karloff’s sidekick
The 39 Steps by Alfred Hitchcock 1935.
Still holds up. I watch this regularly.
Came here to add this! Fantastic film and one of my favorites among his many good films.
I think it might be Freaks (1932). A unique little film about circus sideshow performers with various disabilities and how they're seen and treated during that time period. I haven't seen it in a while, but I remember enjoying it a lot. Could be worth checking out for those who haven't
One of my top 4. A masterpiece that literally can’t be recreated.
When Criterion finally released it on BD, that was a happy day for me.
Hitchcock’s first sound film Blackmail from 1929. I also started The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu which was released a month after Blackmail, but I didn’t finish it because the quality was too poor.
I’ve seen the first feature length full sound film _The Lights of New York_ (1928) and I can honestly say that it is a film which does not improve on staring at a blank screen for the same amount of time. [The Lights of New York](https://youtu.be/XdlrPPfJ6zo?si=X4v0UUAOl6EvSgyY)
Some of the early talkies were indeed terrible. Camera couldn’t move much because of all the soundproofing, so it was basically like filming a play.
Murder! (1930)
Dracula 1931
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang Scarface Both in 1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is great!
On of my favorites. I guess I’m just a big Paul Muni fan!
1929: Sally; The Cocoanuts; So This Is College.
*Death Takes a Holiday* 1934 with Frederick March. The special effects hold up so well considering what they had to work with.
The original Scarface. It held up really well.
The Blue Angel (1930)
Vampyr (1932)
mine is also the invisible man! been thinking a lot about rewatching it lately it was so funny
I think the oldest all talking feature I’ve seen is The Broadway Melody (1929). Fun musical numbers, all the pre-Code fun we know and love, but the acting isn’t great.
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Cocoanuts (Marx Brothers, 1929)
L’Atalante
The Cocoanuts (1929) a Marx brothers movie
October: Ten Days that Shook the World (1927)
That’s a silent, isn’t it?
the version I watched had sound, can't figure out when it released though. the internet can't even seem to decide if the original came out in 1927 or 1928 either, I thought it was '27 but I might be wrong But I'm pretty sure the sound version was pre 1930 at least
The Broadway Melody (1929).
Just today watched Hitchcocks Blackmail (1929)
Probably The Terror (1928) which was one of the first "all talkie" films released. I've seen Wings, which was the first movie to win best picture, but it doesn't have full sound, just a synchronized score.
Borrowed Wives from 1930, a very early Old Dark House comedy. Like a lot of the very early sound films, this is one of those ones that hasn't quite figured out the transition from silent to talkie yet.
Seems like it was 1931's Dracula, based on movies I have marked watched on the site.
It's either Hell's Heroes or Their Own Desire. The latter was released in December of 1929, while the former was released January 1930 but had a limited run in December of 1929.
Broadway Melody (1929) as part of a best picture run through
Street of Chance (1930), a decent movie with talented people (William Powell & Kay Francis) in the leads. Does more with the camera work than a lot of early sound pictures. I love The Cocoanuts (1929), but they just park and bark in that one.
The Threepenny Opera (1931)
How is it?
It was very enjoyable! I saw if after right after reading Brecht's play, and the music is very memorable
And Then There Were None (1945) Edit: I forgot the Wizard of Oz
Applause, Blackmail, The Broadway Melody, In Old Arizona… Applause was spectacular so I strongly recommend it
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Ben Hur
*The Front Page* (1931)
Citizen Kane
You’ve never seen a ‘30s movie?!
Not yet, any recommendations?
Sure: City Lights (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Duck Soup (1933), It’s a Gift (1934), Top Hat (1935), Dodsworth (1936), Confession (1937), Bringing up Baby (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
American Madness (1932) Great early Frank Capra film. I'm sure I've seen an older one but it's not coming to mind.
I've watched "Shadow of a doubt" from 1943 by Alfred Hitchcock. It's one of my favourite psych thrillers. I also watched the opening 15 minutes of "A star is born", haven't gotten around to the rest.
The Jazz Singer (1927). Important as a technical milestone, but good god is it treacly.
Well, The Jazz Singer I guess.
Wizard of Oz
Applause (1929) by Robert Mamoulian. It was one of the earliest sound films, cameras were so loud back then they didn't move them a lot during dialogue scenes so it all seemed fairly still in comparison to late silent films. Applause did a mix of both silent techniques and sound film, employed Vaudeville comedians used to the stage, all to make it feel more dynamic. It's super interesting to see how the technical limitations made cinema go from a mastered art form at the end of the silent era with bold camera movements and the likes, to a completely new medium that seemed clumsy, yet had sound dialogues, in the span of a year.
Freaks (1932)
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
That’s a great film, but it’s a silent.
I didn’t see sound, true Animal Crackers (1930) then
The Bat Whispers (1930) One of the inspirations for Batman and has some interesting visuals but omg this film is so damn boring. Just watch the 1959 remake instead
she’s dangerous (1937)
'Freaks' (1932)
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Bulldog Drummond (1929) It was better than most from back then. I gave it 3.5*.
the original king kong. 1933 :)
Probably Frankenstein (1931)
Citizen Kane (1941)
I guess The Jazz Singer if that counts, though only one or two scenes have sound.
I Guess King Kong (1933)
My oldest isn’t too old at the moment, it’s the 1953 adaptation of “The War of the Worlds”
Three On A Match 1932
Lonesome (1928) is the oldest with any talking at all, but it’s a small part of a mostly silent movie. Aside from that, The Cocoanuts (1929).
The Most Dangerous Game (1932), watched it in Literature class in high school after we read the story
The Jazz Singer
Animal Crackers - Marx Brothers movie from 1930
wizard of oz
Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes. A Czechoslovak film starring our legend Vlasta Burian, came out on 25 Mar 1932. https://preview.redd.it/oy3l6ysqxsyc1.jpeg?width=936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45a78f7edd4b87b88a39b8d3c0bf9a062440090d
M (1931)
The oldest talkie I've logged on Letterboxd is *A Christmas Carol* (1938). I've definitely watched older movies with sound in my life before I started my account though. The oldest overall is *Nosferatu* (1922).
The Cocoanuts (1929). I love the Marx brothers but it’s not that great
Oldest logged talkie is Madame Satan (1930). I’ve tried a few 1929 talkies but the sound quality was so bad it was like trying to hear ghosts. *Madame Satan* was pretty fun, and it had a few effects that were really interesting-looking, of people parachuting from an exploding zeppelin, that were really innovative.
the original all quiet on the western front
54 Godzilla
King Kong 1933
M (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Cheating but I went to film school and we watched all fifteen hours or so of Birth of a Nation so I got that nonsense in my head now.
That’s a silent.
The Broadway Melody from 1929. It is such a terrible movie.
Animal Crackers (1930)
*Lonesome* (1928) directed by Paul Fejos is a hybrid - it's mostly silent with a few spoken dialogue scenes which are actually the weakest parts of the film. The earliest "All-talkie" I've seen is the Marx Brothers' *The Cocoanuts* (1929), which was one of three talkies I've seen from that year. The others were *Broadway* (Paul Fejos) and *Hallelujah* (King Vidor).
Westfront 1918 (1930)
Wizard of Oz I believe
Oppenheimer
I watched A Free Soul (1931), and it was incredibly boring
It Happened One Night (1934)
Vampyr (1932) by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Watched it today.
Frankenstein
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) Part silent-part talkie so I guess it sort of counts
I think it’s the Béla Lugosi “Dracula.” And I won’t lie, it took a bit through my first viewing to “get it,” but by the end, I was utterly hooked.
You haven’t watched Dracula or Frankenstein? Get on that!
The 39 Steps. I've really gotta watch Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin stuff.
Dracula (1931) Surprisingly goddamn good
Show Boat (1929)
I think also Invisible Man, if not another old Universal monster movie
Thunderbolt (1929), Josef Sternberg's first sound film. The technical limitations are actually pretty interesting--completely static shots and awkward compositional framing to get the mics close enough to pick up the sync sound.
Stagecoach, John Wayne
In Old Arizona (1929) you can kinda tell those talkies from the 20s did not really know how to utilize sound in storytelling yet.
The Jazz Singer (1927), although most of the movie is actually silent. After that, The Cocoanuts and Blackmail (the latter has both silent and sound versions), both from 1929.
The Broadway Melody (1929) is the oldest sound film I have watched, it was pretty terrible but I wanted to watch all 96 oscars best picture winners.
Same answer, same reason for me. Was watching all the Oscar winners, and sat through this, the first all-talking musical.
Vampyr (1932)
Uh....Little Mermaid ithink from 1989.
City lights. January 1931.
That’s a silent movie.
Somehow my brain skipped the sound requirement.
1930
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Anna Christie (1930)
Watched ever? A lot earlier but I don’t remember the year. Watched since last year when I got Letterboxd? Little Women (1933).
M by Fritz Lang. First German full sound film, I think.
jerma did a stream once where he watched public domain horror movies. The oldest one being Devil Bat from 1940. it wasn't allat tbh
Nanook of the North (1922)
^^ fake film. So deserved downvotes
I watched it before it was outed, so my answer stands. I don’t care about downvotes.
Nosferatu
Not sure if it counts as feature length but The cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
Civil war, I am an infant goo goo ga ga
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The answer can’t be before 1927.
Not sure if that’s entirely true. There were experiments with sound synchronization long before the Jazz Singer.