On This Date - Cassie Adams

On October 6th, 1927, the first feature length film to include synchronized diologue entitled "The Jazz Singer" debuted. The debut of this film signaled the arrival of the era of  talking pictures and the decline of the silent picture era. An adaptation of the broadway play, "The Day of Atonement", the film produced a profit of $3.5 million which established Warner Bros. as one of the top studios in Hollywood. While it was not the first to use sound, it was the first film to incorporate diologue as part of its dramatic action. Included in the film is one of the most famous lines in film history, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! You ain't heard nothing yet!" A year after its release, the film was presented with a special Academy Award for being an outstanding pioneer film. At the time, the use of sound in film was simply dismissed as a fad, but the debut of "The Jazz Singer"  clearly revolutionized the film industry.