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.
Cinema of South Africa
"", the first Afrikaans-language sound film, was released in 1931. Subsequent sound releases such as "Die Wildsboudjie" (1948), a 1949 "Sarie Marais" remake, and "Daar doer in die bosveld" (1950) continued to cater primarily to white, Afrikaans-speaking audiences.