Dakota Datebook: Talkies

May 15, 2026 – The joining of sound and picture had been in experimentation for many years before, but when the first well-known “talkie,” “The Jazz Singer,” was produced and shown in 1927, the movies were changed forever.So in 1930, Walhalla was really keeping with the times when they installed talking equipment in their opera house. They installed a Marvel machine, which was ...

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