Sound film
The primary steps in the commercialization of sound cinema were taken in the mid- to late 1920s. At first, the sound films which included synchronized dialogue, known as "talking pictures", or "talkies", were exclusively shorts. The earliest feature-length movies with recorded sound included only music and effects. The first feature film originally presented as a talkie was "The Jazz Singer", released in October 1927. A major hit, it was made with Vitaphone, which was at the time the leading brand of sound-on-disc technology. Sound-on-film, however, would soon become the standard for talking pictures.
Roaring Twenties
At the beginning of the decade, films were silent and colorless. In 1922, the first all-color feature, "The Toll of the Sea", was released. In 1926, Warner Bros. released "Don Juan", the first feature with sound effects and music. In 1927, Warner released "The Jazz Singer", the first sound feature to include limited talking sequences.