Movies and TvShows featuring "early-sound-film" theme.

In The Jazz Singer, a young Jewish man named Jakie Rabinowitz wants to break free from his family's restrictive traditions and follow his passion for jazz singing. Despite his father's disapproval, Jakie leaves home and embarks on a journey to become a successful performer. Along the way, he faces numerous challenges and conflicts, including struggles with his identity, conflicts with his domineering mother, and the pressure to conform to societal norms. Ultimately, Jakie must confront his own fears and make difficult choices that test his loyalty to both his family and his dreams.

Steamboat Willie is a classic black-and-white animated short film from 1928. It features Mickey Mouse and his friends on a steamboat adventure. The film showcases early hand-drawn animation and includes slapstick comedy and musical elements. It has become a beloved part of animation history and is included in the National Film Registry.

Set in the 1920s, 'The Broadway Melody' tells the story of two sisters who come to New York City to pursue their dreams of becoming stars on Broadway. As they navigate the competitive world of showbiz and encounter love triangles and backstage drama, they strive to put on a show that will catapult them to fame.

The Great Gabbo is a self-obsessed ventriloquist who loses his mind and control over his alter ego, resulting in a psychological horror.

In London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her friends to have a son fighting in the war. She is shocked when he shows up on her doorstep, and they make an agreement that he will pretend to be her son. "Seven Days Leave" is a screen adaption of James M. Barrie's play, "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals."

A highly respectable lawyer becomes a sexual animal after working hours; His live-in mother-in-law tries to keep him in line. When an actor-impersonator comes to see him, the two switch lives.

After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.

When a wealthy showgirl is found dead, detective Philo Vance investigates a tangled web of secrets and suspects in order to solve the murder. As the investigation unfolds, Vance must navigate the high-society world of Broadway and confront a range of characters including a bumbling cop, a district attorney, and a show business mogul. With the clock ticking and pressure mounting, Vance must use his wits and resolve to uncover the truth before it's too late.

When Bert Adams brings his boss, Mr. Mason, home for dinner, he and his wife Carrie hope Mason will take the opportunity to announce that Bert will be promoted to fill a new vacancy in the company's shipping department. But Mr. Mason has other plans for that vacancy, and for Bert.

The Ingenues perform "Tiger Rag," "Changes," "Mighty Lak' a Rose," "Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the Moon," and "Shaking the Blues Away."

An aspiring singer tries to break into films during the early talkie era. She is hired to dub the singing and speaking voice of a silent-movie favorite. Sworn to secrecy, the fill-in must stand by in silence as the star receives all the praises and plaudits.

Behind That Curtain is a 1929 movie that combines adventure, crime, mystery, and romance. It follows the story of a detective who gets involved in a series of dangerous situations while investigating a murder. The plot is filled with deception, turmoil, and violence, as the detective uncovers a scandalous secret hidden behind the curtain.

Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel

Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.

Women They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects sequences, starring Irene Rich, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It is considered to be a lost film.

Val and Ernie Stanton make up the comedy group for this Vitaphone short that was obviously capturing their vaudeville act.

Animated figure Talkie gets a visit from his friend Mutie in search for a job. Talkie takes him to the Western Electric sound lab...

Gus Visser, a vaudeville performer, sings and dances with his talented singing duck in this early sound film.

The team of Marlow and Jordan are the talents here as they run through three songs as well as the impressions, which I'm sure you gathered from the title. The Stephen Foster tune "Old Folks at Home" is given a new spin here as it's done by an impression of a 3-year-old, which is somewhat strange to say the least.