Motion pictures with synchronized sound and dialogue, as opposed to silent films—called 'talkies' when they were new in the late 1920s.
From 'talking picture,' a colloquial term from the 1920s that was shortened to 'talkie.' When sound was added to movies, it was revolutionary enough to need a new name.
When sound came to movies in 1927, it was genuinely shocking—actors who had pantomimed silently suddenly had to speak, and many silent film stars lost their careers because their voices didn't match their looks or they had terrible accents.
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