From the silent screen to talkies

Published: Feb. 24, 2012, 9:20 a.m.

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In the late 1920s Hollywood made the change from silent films to movies with soundtracks.

But it wasn't a simple transition and took the most up to the minute technology available.

Photo: Filming The Jazz Singer, one of the first talkies. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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