Broadway: The American Musical
This Day in History: First ‘Talkie’, Oct. 6, 1927
October 6th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

On Oct. 6, 1927, talking pictures arrived with “The Jazz Singer,” a movie starring Al Jolson that featured both silent and sound-synchronized scenes. Jolson was the first openly Jewish man to become a star in America. Listen to: “You Made Me Love You” sung by Al Jolson, part of the 2004 PBS documentary series “Broadway: The American Musical.”

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