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From the silent screen to talkies
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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