lights new york first alltalking feature film been course jazz singer released oct  first feature film incorporating synchronized dialog however film released july  virtually unremembered place film history started short gradually tacked  clocking  minutes  accidentally became first alltalking feature film opened grind house run warner bros surprise made million dollars good money back br br the plot quite simple two country barbers naively buy barber shop broadway fronts speakeasy the hawk gangster learn truth cant afford get out younger barber eddie mothers money tied place kitty younger barbers girlfriend gangster hawk wheeler oakman eye turning older girlfriend gladys brockwell newer model  chorus girl kittyhelene costello cop killed trying stop hawks men unloading shipment bootleg liquor hawk sees opportunity frame eddie thus getting kitty himselfbr br this early talkie loads fun enthusiast pioneering works sure plot elementary dialog stilted something see much early talkies  background musical scoring vitaphone originally used purpose still using musical accompaniment along dialog singing dancing numbers scenes hawks nightclub used opportunity show films could never  musical numbers even wildeyed emcee heavy makeup left silent era hoot watchbr br vitaphone could go outdoors point due static camera booths scene park two lovers eddie kitty simulated  cheaply greenery looks like something ed wood movie perhaps high school production our town br br gladys brockwell hawks castoff girlfriend delivers lines punch real trooper considering lines deliver hawk  so think chicken want throw back deck huh mixed metaphors anyone final lines ive lived ive loved ive lost someone get paid write dialog brockwell making good success talkie career scoring triumphs silent films the evil sister seventh heaven fatal car accident cut career shortbr br then eugene palette  older two barbers story frog voice natural delivery lines cuddly appearance gave long career character actor usually appearing putupon family manbusinessman gruff exterior heart gold fact mr palette member cast still notable career films three years movie releasedbr br finally question where microphone hidden microphones still stationary point fun figure theyve hidden it one famous scene though everybody pretty much figure out hawk office talking two henchman  seem comprehend slowly talk  taking eddie ride watch scene swear phone desk character film front center whole conversation microphone likely planted phonebr br there something heroic pioneers flying blind face new technology sound silent actors accustomed using pantomime expression vaudevillians know play live audience know make impression vitaphone camera booth dialog writers either trying write conversation compactly title cards filling films endless chatter br br check one out boring moves fast loads fun know look for no expect one ever bluray hope folks warner brothers add warner archive soon everyone see it