talkie

/'tɔ:ki/

Thân thiện

A child watches a black-and-white talkie with her family.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A motion picture with synchronized sound, especially spoken dialogue: A "talkie" is a film that includes synchronized speech and singing, distinguishing it from silent films. This term specifically refers to early sound films.

Examples

• Noun:
  • "The Jazz Singer" (1927) is often considered the first successful talkie.
  • The transition from silent films to talkies revolutionized the movie industry.

Advanced Usage

• "All-talking" talkie: An early term used to describe a film that featured dialogue throughout, as opposed to films that only had synchronized music and sound effects with limited spoken parts.
  • The studio advertised their new production as an "all-talking, all-singing" talkie.

Variants and Related Words

• Talk (verb): To speak or converse.
• Talking picture: A more formal, full term for "talkie."

Synonyms

• Sound film: A more general modern term for any film with a synchronized sound recording.
• Talking picture: The formal equivalent of "talkie."

Notes on Usage

• The term "talkie" is historical and informal. It is primarily used when discussing the era of transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In contemporary language, the general term "film" or "movie" is used, with the presence of sound being assumed.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a movie with synchronized speech and singing

Từ đồng nghĩa

• talking picture