The Jazz Singer, and a Brief History of the Talkies

<p>The first known sound recordings were created in the 1850s by French printer and inventor&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/uRbIJc05QTA?si=bvPtn0TotW-UbDZC" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">&Eacute;douard-L&eacute;on Scott de Martinville</a>. The first known piece of motion picture film was a&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/uq9Yv9RwMZ4?si=Tv5y68e76VypGNoa" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">revolving self-portrait</a>&nbsp;of French cameraman Gaspard-F&eacute;lix Tournachon (better known as Nadar) in 1865. It&#39;s incredible to think that it took over half a century of audio recording and motion picture capabilities coexisting to finally figure out how to synchronize film and audio together. Indeed, it hadn&#39;t.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/the-early-years/the-jazz-singer-and-a-brief-history-of-the-talkies-e8b35cb9295d"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>