Budget Films

Stock Footage

Variety Headlines

Sound movies are only a fad say the experts in this CU of The Daily Variety news headline from the release of Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer. Also included is a night shot of a lit up billboard over the Warner's theater, advertising The Lights Of New York, "the first all talking picture."



IdentifierCLIP-2168
Duration10 sec
GenreDocumentary
Date1926
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