Movies In The 1920's Essay

Since their creation in 1898, movies have fascinated the whole world. While the first recorded motion pictures captured on film only lasted a mere 2.11 seconds, during the 1920’s, they became full length movies with sound. It was during this decade that the love of movies really took over and became one of the world’s biggest sources of entertainment. It was also during this time period that Hollywood established itself as the film capital of the world. During the 1920’s, sound was introduced to films, actors gained notability, the way movies were filmed was changed, and theaters changed the way that people experienced movies. The addition of dialogue and sound to movies was originally seen as unnecessary. Film makers believed that audiences were content with silent movies and that trying to add sound was a waste of time and money. The first movie that included a synchronized film score was named Don Juan, released in 1926. It was a romantic movie about a sword fighter and the many women that he loved. The premiere of the movie in New York was also the premiere of the Vitaphone system by Warner Bro’s. The Vitaphone was a sound film system that allowed sound to go along with the film. Other companies made their own version of the Vitaphone. Western Electric had the Movietone and RCA had the Photophone. …show more content…
The first movie with singing, music, and dialogue was The Jazz Singer, released in 1927. The movie starred Al Jolson who was a star singer and actor of the time. Film makers began to change their minds about movies with sound after seeing the response from audiences that had watched The Jazz Singer. They quickly realized that there was a lot of potential for adding sound to motion pictures. If people were fascinated enough by talking, moving pictures, they would be willing to pay good money to go see them, as long as they had it. There was now even more potential for the growth of