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 Peru
In Lima, the first Peruvian sound film (with synchronized music and some talking sequences) was Alberto Santana's "Resaca", which was released in 1934. This was followed by another sound film entitled "Cosas de la vida" in 1934. The first all-talking picture, "Buscando Olvido", was finally released in 1936.