Movies and TvShows featuring "part-talkie" theme.

In 'Modern Times,' the tramp character navigates the challenges of living in a society driven by machines and progress. He works on a production line, but a series of mishaps lands him in a mental hospital and later in jail. Despite these setbacks, he continues to face various escapades. The film is a satirical commentary on the effects of industrialization and explores themes of poverty and the struggle for survival in the Great Depression era.

During World War I, a man named Noah is falsely convicted and sent to prison. Meanwhile, a massive flood occurs, causing chaos and destruction. As Noah's prison ship sinks, he gathers a diverse group of characters, including a blind woman, a Russian agent, and a chorus girl, to build an ark and survive the wrath of God.

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.

Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.

Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns considerable stock has been subsumed by the larger firm, thus creating the appearance of a conflict of interests. When one of the Judge's enemies plots to ruin the Judge over this apparent improper behavior, Judge Ross's daughter Shirley sets out to prove her father's innocence.

Vitaphone production reels #2471-2478; third Warner Bros. feature film - the first being The Jazz Singer and the second Tenderloin - to include talking sequences, along with the by now usual Vitaphone musical score and sound effects. A copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., but the sound disks are lost.

The Mysterious Island follows a group of people who find themselves stranded on a mysterious island after their ship sinks. They must find a way to survive while encountering various challenges and creatures on the island.

A drama of the underworld of the old Mississippi River

A Lady of Chance is a pre-Code film about a manipulative female con-artist who finds sudden wealth and uses her charm to navigate through relationships and criminal schemes. She manipulates her husband, brother, and even the police to achieve her goals. Along the way, she experiences love, betrayal, and her own downfall. Set in Alabama, the story touches on themes of romance, domestic drama, and tearjerker romance.

The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry between two very large young kids, Joe and Chubby, that would fill the bill if only the two heavyweights would put aside their gentle natures. Farina gets an idea: tell each of the lads that the other will take a dive in the second round. So the fight begins and the stands are filled; but will the combatants actually throw a punch? Ernie has one more trick up his sleeve to get the fists flying and the crowd on its feet. Sweet science indeed.

Saxophone player Clyde meets a woman named Flowers, and teaches her to dance. He later discovers that gangster boss "Blackjack" is also in love with her. "Blackjack" is also battling gang boss Mike Luego in a violent turf war.

A newspaper publisher's daughter is arrested for speeding. In order to avoid embarrassing her father, since his newspaper is in the midst of an anti-speeding campaign, she uses an assumed name. She is paroled into the custody of an assistant district attorney, who doesn't know who she really is.

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

When silly inventor Svensson gets mistaken for Swedish/American aviator Smith, he is accidentally enlisted in the military and drawn into unexpected romantic affairs.

Sonny Boy tells the story of a lawyer who gets caught up in a hilarious custody battle. With plenty of comedic moments and twists, this part-talkie film is a delightful farce. Unfortunately, it is also considered a lost film.

Pompeyo and Rodolfo work in a newspaper, but they dream of becoming film actors, so they go to a casting for an American film that will be shot in Madrid for a few days; but things will not turn out as they expect…