List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part or full talking feature films made in the United States and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926 and 1929.[1] During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including sound on film formats such as Movietone and RCA Photophone, as well as sound on disc formats like Vitaphone for instance. This list includes film titles, release dates, production companies, audio type and archive status; denoting whether they exist, are lost or incomplete, the film or audio elements exist only, as well as the number of discs extant for films recorded with Vitaphone soundtracks.[2]
1926
editTitle | Release date | Company | Audio | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Don Juan[F 1] | August 6, 1926 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Better 'Ole | October 23, 1926 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Extant |
1927
editTitle | Release date | Company | Audio | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
What Price Glory[F 2] | January 21, 1927 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Extant |
When a Man Loves | February 3, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Missing Link | May 6, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Film-only |
Old San Francisco | June 21, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Extant |
The First Auto | June 27, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Extant |
Wings[F 3] | August 12, 1927 | Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation | Synchronized score | Film-only |
The Bush Leaguer | August 20, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Audio-only |
Slightly Used | September 3, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Audio-only [Disc 5 extant] |
7th Heaven[F 4] | September 10, 1927 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Extant |
Jaws of Steel | September 10, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Film-only |
One Round Hogan | September 17, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Lost |
Sunrise | September 23, 1927 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Extant |
A Sailor's Sweetheart | September 24, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Incomplete |
The Jazz Singer[F 5] | October 6, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Extant |
Sailor Izzy Murphy | October 8, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Lost |
A Reno Divorce | October 22, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Audio-only |
A Dog of the Regiment | October 29, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Audio-only [Discs 1–2, 4-5] |
Good Time Charley | November 5, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Exant [Discs 5, 7] |
The Fortune Hunter | November 7, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Audio-only |
The Silver Slave | November 12, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Lost |
The Girl from Chicago | November 19, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Lost |
Ginsberg the Great | November 26, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Audio-only [Disc 7 extant] |
Brass Knuckles | December 3, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Film-only |
If I Were Single | December 17, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Film-only |
Ham and Eggs at the Front | December 24, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Film-only |
Husbands for Rent | December 31, 1927 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Audio-only [Disc 3 extant] |
1928
editTitle | Release date | Company | Audio | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Beware of Married Men | January 14, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Incomplete |
Mother Machree[F 6] | January 22, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Incomplete |
A Race for Life | January 28, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Extant
[Disc 6 only] |
The Little Snob | February 11, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Audio-only [Disc 6 extant] |
Four Sons[3] | February 13, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Extant |
Across the Atlantic | February 25, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Lost |
Powder My Back | March 10, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Lost |
Tenderloin[F 7] | March 14, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Audio-only [Disc 1 Extant] |
Domestic Troubles | March 28, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Lost |
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath | April 1, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Film-only |
The Crimson City | April 7, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Film-only |
Street Angel | April 9, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Extant |
Glorious Betsy | April 16, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Extant [Discs 1–4, 6-8] |
Rinty of the Desert | April 21, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Lost |
Pay as You Enter | May 12, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized score | Audio-only |
Ramona[F 8] | May 20, 1928 | United Artists | Synchronized score | Film-only |
Five and Ten Cent Annie | May 28, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Incomplete |
Fazil | June 4, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Lion and the Mouse | June 15, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Extant [Discs 1, 3–6, 9] |
The Perfect Crime[F 9] | June 17, 1928 | FBO | Part-talkie | Lost |
Lights of New York[F 10] | July 8, 1928 | Warner Bros. | All-talkie | Extant |
Warming Up | July 15, 1928 | Paramount | Synchronized score | Lost |
Tempest[F 11] | July 21, 1928 | United Artists | Synchronized score | Extant |
Loves of an Actress | July 29, 1928 | Paramount | Synchronized score | Lost |
White Shadows in the South Seas[F 12] | July 31, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Scarlet Lady | August 1, 1928 | Columbia | Synchronized score | Film-only |
Women They Talk About | August 11, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Audio-only [Disc 6 extant] |
The Patriot | August 19, 1928 | Paramount | Part-talkie | Incomplete |
Caught in the Fog | August 25, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Incomplete |
The River Pirate | August 26, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Extant |
Two Lovers[F 13] | August 27, 1928 | United Artists | Synchronized score | Extant [Discs 1–4, 6, 10] |
Submarine | August 28, 1928 | Columbia | Synchronized score | Extant [Discs 2-3, 9] |
Our Dancing Daughters | September 1, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Sawdust Paradise | September 1, 1928 | Paramount | Synchronized score | Lost |
Gang War | September 2, 1928 | FBO | Part-talkie | Incomplete[F 14] |
State Street Sadie | September 2, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Audio-only [Discs 1-3, 8] |
Uncle Tom's Cabin[F 15] | September 2, 1928 | Universal | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Terror[F 16] | September 6, 1928 | Warner Bros. | All-talkie | Audio-only |
Excess Baggage | September 8, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Audio-only |
The Night Watch | September 9, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Film-only |
While the City Sleeps | September 15, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Incomplete |
Win That Girl | September 16, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Lost |
The Whip | September 16, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Extant |
Waterfront | September 16, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Extant |
Mother Knows Best[F 17] | September 16, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-talkie | Lost |
The Singing Fool | September 19, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Extant |
Beggars of Life | September 22, 1928 | Paramount | Part-talkie | Extant [Disc 1 only] |
Hit of the Show | September 23, 1928 | FBO | Part-talkie | Lost |
Plastered In Paris | September 23, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Lost |
Show Girl | September 28, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Extant |
The King of Kings[F 18] | September 30, 1928 | Pathe | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Air Circus | September 30, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-talkie | Lost |
Lonesome[F 19] | September 30, 1928 | Universal | Part-talkie | Extant |
The Toilers | October 1, 1928 | Tiffany Pictures | Synchronized score | Extant |
4 Devils[F 20] | October 3, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Audio-only [Disc 4 extant] |
The Wedding March | October 6, 1928 | Paramount | Synchronized score | Extant |
Dry Martini | October 7, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Lost |
The Crash | October 7, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Lost |
The Circus Kid | October 7, 1928 | FBO | Part-talkie | Film-only |
Melody of Love | October 10, 1928 | Universal | All-talkie | Incomplete |
The Battle of the Sexes | October 10, 1928 | United Artists | Synchronized score | Extant [Discs 2–4, 8] |
Captain Swagger | October 14, 1928 | Pathe | Synchronized score | Extant |
Lilac Time[F 21] | October 18, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Extant [Discs 1, 5–7] |
Land of the Silver Fox | October 18, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Extant [Discs 1–2, 4–7] |
Me, Gangster | October 20, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Lost |
Show Folks | October 21, 1928 | Pathe | Part-talkie | Extant |
The Woman Disputed | October 21, 1928 | United Artists | Synchronized score | Extant [Disc 7 only] |
The Home Towners | October 23, 1928 | Warner Bros. | All-talkie | Audio-only [Discs 3–4, 7, 10] |
Varsity | October 26, 1928 | Paramount | Part-talkie | Lost |
Beware of Bachelors | October 27, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Extant [Discs 1, 4–8] |
The Midnight Taxi | October 28, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Film-only |
Noah's Ark[F 22] | November 1, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Extant |
The Cavalier | November 1, 1928 | Tiffany Pictures | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Viking[F 23] | November 2, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Extant |
Revenge | November 3, 1928 | United Artists | Synchronized score | Extant [Discs 5] |
The Baby Cyclone | November 3, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Lost |
Abie's Irish Rose[F 24] | November 3, 1928 | Paramount | Part-talkie | Incomplete |
The Woman from Moscow | November 3, 1928 | Paramount | Synchronized score | Incomplete |
Marked Money | November 4, 1928 | Pathe | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Haunted House | November 4, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Man Who Laughs[F 25] | November 4, 1928 | Universal | Synchronized score | Extant |
Interference[F 26] | November 5, 1928 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
Marriage by Contact | November 9, 1928 | Tiffany Pictures | Part-talkie | Extant |
Taxi 13 | November 11, 1928 | FBO | Part-talkie | Extant |
Romance of the Underworld | November 11, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Extant |
Outcast | November 11, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Film-only |
On Trial | November 14, 1928 | Warner Bros. | All-talkie | Audio-only [Discs 1–2, 4–5, 7, 9–10] |
Alias Jimmy Valentine[F 27] | November 15, 1928 | MGM | Part-talkie | Incomplete |
The Awakening | November 17, 1928 | United Artists | Synchronized score | Lost |
The Masks of the Devil | November 17, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Lost |
His Private Life | November 17, 1928 | Paramount | Synchronized score | Lost |
The Good-Bye Kiss | November 18, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Lost |
Annapolis | November 18, 1928 | Pathe | Synchronized score | Extant |
Prep and Pep | November 18, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Lost |
Show People | November 20, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Wind | November 23, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Extant |
Manhattan Cocktail | November 24, 1928 | Paramount | Part-talkie | Incomplete |
West of Zanzibar | November 24, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Extant |
Riley the Cop | November 25, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Extant |
A Lady of Chance | December 1, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Film-only |
Dream of Love | December 1, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Lost |
The River Woman | December 1, 1928 | Gotham Productions | Part-talkie | Incomplete |
Ned McCobb's Daughter | December 2, 1928 | Pathe | Synchronized score | Lost |
Adoration | December 2, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Red Dance | December 2, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Film-only |
The Little Wildcat | December 8, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Lost |
Give and Take | December 9, 1928 | Universal | Part-talkie | Lost |
Blindfold | December 9, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Lost |
The Barker | December 9, 1928 | First National | Part-talkie | Extant |
Speedy[F 28] | December 15, 1928 | Paramount | Part-talkie | Extant |
A Woman of Affairs | December 15, 1928 | MGM | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Shady Lady | December 16, 1928 | Pathe | Part-talkie | Lost |
Homesick | December 16, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Lost |
Blockade | December 16, 1928 | FBO | Part-talkie | Lost |
Naughty Baby | December 16, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Extant |
The Spieler | December 20, 1928 | Pathe | Part-talkie | Film-only |
My Man | December 21, 1928 | Warner Bros. | Part-talkie | Incomplete |
Conquest | December 22, 1928 | Warner Bros. | All-talkie | Audio-only |
Red Wine | December 23, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized score | Lost |
Brotherly Love | December 23, 1928 | MGM | Part-talkie | Extant |
In Old Arizona[F 29] | December 25, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | All-talkie | Extant |
Sins of the Fathers | December 29, 1928 | Paramount | Part-talkie | Incomplete |
The Shopworn Angel | December 29, 1928 | Paramount | Part-talkie | Incomplete |
The Great White North | December 30, 1928 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-talkie | Unknown |
Scarlet Seas | December 30, 1928 | First National | Synchronized score | Extant |
1929
editTitle | Release date | Company | Audio | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sal of Singapore[F 30] | January 4, 1929 | Pathe | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Captain Lash | January 6, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Jazz Age | January 6, 1929 | FBO | Part-Talkie | Extant |
The Last Warning | January 6, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Silent version only |
Synthetic Sin | January 9, 1929 | First National | Synchronized Score | Extant [Disc 6 only] |
The Rescue | January 12, 1929 | United Artists | Synchronized Score | Incomplete |
Man, Woman and Wife | January 13, 1929 | Universal | Synchronized Score | Lost |
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame[F 31] | January 16, 1929 | Tobis | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Flying Fleet | January 19, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Geraldine | January 20, 1929 | Pathé | Part-Talkie | Extant |
True Heaven | January 20, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Lady of the Pavements | January 22, 1929 | United Artists | Part-Talkie | Extant |
The Bellamy Trial | January 23, 1929 | MGM | Part-Talkie | Incomplete |
The Doctor's Secret | January 26, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Lost |
Fancy Baggage | January 26, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Audio-only [Discs 1-2, 4-8] |
Red Hot Speed | January 27, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Seven Footprints to Satan | January 27, 1929 | First National | Part-Talkie | Silent version only [Discs 2, 5–6] |
Fugitives | January 27, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Noisy Neighbours | January 27, 1929 | Pathé | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Moulin Rouge[F 32] | January 30, 1929 | British International Pictures | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Rainbow | February 1, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | Synchronized Score | Incomplete |
The Broadway Melody[F 33] | February 1, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
Lucky Boy | February 2, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | Part-Talkie | Extant |
The Wolf of Wall Street | February 2, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Incomplete |
Cheyenne | February 2, 1929 | First National | Synchronized Score | Lost |
The Girl on the Barge | February 3, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Lost |
The Million Dollar Collar | February 9, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Lost |
The Greyhound Limited | February 9, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Extant [Discs 1-4, 6] |
The Sin Sister | February 10, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Weary River | February 10, 1929 | First National | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Homecoming[F 34] | February 16, 1929 | UFA / Paramount | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Redeeming Sin | February 16, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Audio-only
[Discs 1-2, 4-5, 7] |
Making the Grade | February 17, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-Talkie | Lost |
The Royal Rider | February 17, 1929 | First National | Synchronized Score | Lost |
The Lawless Legion | February 17, 1929 | First National | Synchronized Score | Lost |
The Lone Wolf's Daughter[F 35] | February 18, 1929 | Columbia | Part-Talkie | Audio-only [Disc 3] |
The Iron Mask | February 21, 1929 | United Artists | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Redskin | February 23, 1929 | Paramount | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Stolen Kisses | February 23, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Audio-only |
Wild Orchids | February 23, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
New Year's Eve | February 23, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
The Leatherneck | February 24, 1929 | Pathé | Part-Talkie | Silent version only
[Discs 1-8] |
The Ghost Talks | February 24, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Sonny Boy | February 27, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Extant [Discs 1, 3, 5] |
The Canary Murder Case[F 36] | February 28, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Brothers | March 1, 1929 | Rayart Pictures | Synchronized Score | Extant
[Discs 6&8] |
Molly and Me | March 1, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | Part-Talkie | Incomplete
[Missing reel 7] |
The Clue of the New Pin[F 37] | March 1, 1929 | British Lion Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Incomplete |
Stark Mad | March 2, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
The Carnation Kid | March 2, 1929 | Paramount | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Clear the Decks | March 3, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Children of the Ritz | March 3, 1929 | First National | Synchronized Score | Audio-only
[Discs 5-6] |
The Office Scandal | March 3, 1929 | Pathé | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Strong Boy | March 3, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost [Trailer extant] |
The Younger Generation | March 4, 1929 | Columbia | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Speakeasy | March 8, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
Desert Nights | March 9, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Dummy | March 9, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Square Shoulders | March 10, 1929 | Pathé | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Shakedown | March 10, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | International-sound version only |
Trial Marriage | March 10, 1929 | Columbia | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Hearts in Dixie | March 10, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Extant |
Melody of the World | March 12, 1929 | Tobis | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Why Be Good? | March 12, 1929 | First National | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Looping the Loop[F 38] | March 16, 1929 | Paramount / UFA | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Show Boat | March 16, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Extant |
One Stolen Night | March 16, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Audio-only
[Discs 1, 4-5] |
The Duke Steps Out | March 16, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Audio-only |
Hawk of the Hills[F 39] | March 17, 1929 | Pathé | Synchronized Score | Extant[F 40] |
The Cohens and the Kellys in Atlantic City | March 17, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Love in the Desert[F 41] | March 17, 1929 | FBO | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Blue Skies | March 17, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Two Sisters | March 23, 1929 | Rayart Pictures | Synchronized Score | Lost |
The Great Power | March 23, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Lost |
Queen of the Night Clubs | March 24, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Incomplete |
Girls Gone Wild | March 24, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
It Can Be Done | March 24, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Syncopation[F 42] | March 24, 1929 | RKO | All-Talkie | Extant |
Love and the Devil | March 24, 1929 | First National | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Crimson Circle[F 43] | March 25, 1929 | British International Pictures / Efzet Film | Part-Talkie | Lost |
The Bridge of San Luis Ray | March 30, 1929 | MGM | Part-Talkie | Silent version only [Discs 2–3, 7, 9–10] |
Wolf Song | March 30, 1929 | Paramount | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Chinatown Nights [F 44] | March 30, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Hardboiled Rose | March 30, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Extant [Disc 4 only] |
Strange Cargo | March 31, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Lost |
The Godless Girl[F 45] | March 31, 1929 | Pathé | Part-Talkie | Silent version only |
Trent's Last Case | March 31, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-Talkie | Incomplete |
Linda | March 31, 1929 | Mrs Wallace Reid Productions | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Divine Lady | March 31, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Synchronized Score | Extant |
My Lady's Past | April 1, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | Part-Talkie | Extant |
His Captive Woman | April 2, 1929 | First National | Part-Talkie | Extant |
No Defense | April 6, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Spite Marriage | April 6, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Wild Party | April 6, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Coquette | April 6, 1929 | United Artists | All-Talkie | Extant |
Black Waters[F 46] | April 6, 1929 | British & Dominions Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Not Quite Decent | April 7, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Hot Stuff | April 7, 1929 | First National | Part-Talkie | Audio-only [Discs 2-8] |
The Desert Song | April 8, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Incomplete [B/W only] |
The Donovan Affair | April 11, 1929 | Columbia | All-Talkie | Film-only |
The Voice of the City | April 13, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
Close Harmony | April 13, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Thru Different Eyes | April 14, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Silent version only |
The Charlatan | April 14, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Extant |
The Veiled Woman | April 14, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Saturday's Children | April 14, 1929 | First National | Part-Talkie | Audio-only |
The Voice Within | April 15, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Frozen River | April 20, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Audio-only
[Discs 1, 3-6] |
Nothing But the Truth | April 20, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Alibi | April 20, 1929 | United Artists | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Woman from Hell | April 21, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Tide of Empire | April 23, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Scandal | April 27, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Lost |
The Pagan | April 27, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Kid Gloves | April 27, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Extant |
The Hole in the Wall | April 27, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
From Headquarters | April 27, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Lost |
The Far Call | April 28, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Betrayal | April 28, 1929 | Paramount | Synchronized Score | Lost |
House of Horror | April 28, 1929 | First National | Part-Talkie | Audio-only |
The Return of the Rat | May 1, 1929 | Gainsborough Pictures | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Bulldog Drummond | May 2, 1929 | United Artists | All-Talkie | Extant |
Glad Rag Doll | May 4, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Audio-only
[Discs 7-8] |
Where East Is East | May 4, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Gentlemen of the Press | May 4, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Protection | May 5, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Mother's Boy | May 5, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Extant |
Venus | May 6, 1929 | United Artists | Synchronized Score | Audio-only |
The Black Watch | May 8, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Squall | May 9, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Extant |
Eternal Love | May 11, 1929 | United Artists | Synchronized Score | Extant |
No Defence | May 11, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Audio-only
[Discs 2-7] |
Joy Street | May 12, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Two Weeks Off | May 12, 1929 | First National | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Father and Son | May 13, 1929 | Columbia | Part-Talkie | Lost |
A Dangerous Woman | May 18, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Rainbow Man | May 18, 1929 | Sono Art-World Wide Pictures | All-Talkie | Extant |
Prisoners | May 19, 1929 | First National | Part-Talkie | Audio-only
[Discs 1-4, 6-7] |
The Valiant | May 19, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Bachelor Girl | May 20, 1929 | Columbia | Part-Talkie | Lost |
A Man's Man | May 25, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Audio-only |
Border Romance | May 25, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | All-Talkie | Extant |
Innocents of Paris | May 25, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Man I Love | May 25, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Love at First Sight | May 26, 1929 | Chesterfield Pictures | All-Talkie | Lost |
The House of Secrets | May 26, 1929 | Chesterfield Pictures | All-Talkie | Audio-only [Discs 1, 3, 5–7] |
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 | May 26, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Audio-only [Discs 6–7] |
Broadway[F 47] | May 27, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Extant |
On With The Show[F 48] | May 28, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | B/W only [color incomplete] |
The Three Passions[F 49] | June 1, 1929 | United Artists | Synchronized Score | Extant [Discs 2–3 & 8] |
The Studio Murder Mystery | June 1, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Piccadilly[F 50] | June 1, 1929 | British International Pictures | Part-Talkie | Extant |
New Orleans | June 2, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | Part-Talkie | Audio-only |
His Lucky Day | June 2, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Careers | June 2, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Extant |
The One Woman Idea | June 2, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-Talkie | Lost |
The Flying Marine | June 5, 1929 | Columbia | Part-Talkie | Extant |
She Goes to War | June 8, 1929 | United Artists | Part-Talkie | Incomplete |
The Trial of Mary Dugan | June 8, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Exalted Flapper | June 9, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Two Men and a Maid | June 10, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | Part-Talkie | Audio-only [Discs 1&3] |
Kitty[F 51] | June 10, 1929 | British International Pictures | Part-Talkie | Extant |
The Four Feathers | June 12, 1929 | Paramount | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Idle Rich | June 15, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Wheel of Life | June 15, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Thunderbolt | June 20, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | June 20, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Flying Fool | June 21, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Extant |
This Is Heaven | June 22, 1929 | United Artists | Part-Talkie | Audio-only [Discs 2–9] |
Masked Emotions | June 23, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
The Girl in the Glass Cage | June 23, 1929 | First National | Part-Talkie | Audio-only |
The Fall of Eve | June 25, 1929 | Columbia | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Gamblers | June 29, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
High Voltage | June 29, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Extant |
Fashions in Love | June 29, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
River of Romance | June 29, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Come Across | June 30, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Broadway Babies | June 30, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Extant |
Behind That Curtain | June 30, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Extant |
Taxi for Two | July 1, 1929 | Gainsborough Pictures | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Divorce Made Easy | July 6, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Pals of the Prairie | July 7, 1929 | FBO | Synchronized Score | Lost |
The Man and the Moment | July 7, 1929 | First National | Part-Talkie | Extant |
College Love | July 7, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Lost |
Black Magic | July 7, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Pleasure Crazed | July 7, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Thunder | July 8, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Incomplete |
The Time, the Place and the Girl | July 8, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
Wonder of Women | July 13, 1929 | MGM | Part-Talkie | Audio-only |
Dangerous Curves | July 13, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Masquerade | July 14, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Twin Beds | July 14, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
City of Play | July 15, 1929 | Gainsborough Pictures | Part-Talkie | Extant |
The Wrecker | July 17, 1929 | Gainsborough Pictures | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Modern Love | July 21, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Melody Lane | July 21, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Incomplete [Discs 1, 3, 5–8] |
Drag | July 21, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Extant |
Madonna of Avenue A | July 22, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only
[Discs 1-6] |
The Last of Ms Cheyney | July 26, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
Evangeline | July 27, 1929 | United Artists | Synchronized Score | Extant [Discs 1–2, 4–9] |
Blackmail[F 52] | July 28, 1929 | British International Pictures | All-Talkie | Extant |
Port of Dreams | July 28, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Smiling Irish Eyes | July 28, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
The Trail of '98[F 53] | July 29, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Midstream | July 29, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | Part-Talkie | Incomplete |
Light Fingers | July 29, 1929 | Columbia | All-Talkie | Lost |
The Single Standard | July 29, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Street Girl | July 30, 1929 | RKO | All-Talkie | Extant |
Midnight Daddies | August 3, 1929 | Sono Art-World Wide Pictures | All-Talkie | Lost |
Hungarian Rhapsody[F 54] | August 3, 1929 | Paramount / UFA | Synchronized Score | Incomplete |
Paris Bound | August 3, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Cocoanuts | August 3, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Chasing Through Europe | August 4, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-Talkie | Lost |
The Love Trap | August 4, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Hard To Get | August 4, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
The College Coquette | August 5, 1929 | Columbia | All-Talkie | Lost |
Say It With Songs | August 6, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Awful Truth | August 10, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Lost |
Half Marriage | August 10, 1929 | RKO | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu | August 10, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Dark Streets | August 11, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
The Dance of Life | August 16, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Charming Sinners | August 17, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Lucky in Love | August 17, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Lost |
Madame X | August 17, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
Lucky Star | August 18, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-Talkie | Silent version only |
Words and Music | August 18, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
The Careless Age | August 18, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only
[Discs 3-7] |
Halleluiah | August 20, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
Marianne[F 55] | August 24, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Very Idea | August 24, 1929 | RKO | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Soul of France[F 56] | August 24, 1929 | Paramount / Les Établissements Jacques Haïk | Synchronized Score | Lost |
Our Modern Maidens | August 24, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
The Sophomore | August 24, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Silent version only [Discs extant] |
Why Leave Home? | August 25, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Her Private Life | August 25, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Extant |
Gold Diggers of Broadway[F 57] | August 30, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Incomplete |
The Greene Murder Case | August 31, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Girl in the Show | August 31, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
Auld Lang Syne | September 1, 1929 | Welsh-Pearson | Synchronized Score | Lost |
The Drake Case | September 1, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Lost |
Fast Life | September 1, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only
[Discs 1-3] |
Times Square | September 1, 1929 | Lumas Film Corporation | Part-Talkie | Audio-only
[Disc 2 extant] |
Salute | September 1, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Extant |
The End of the Simpletons[F 58] | September 2, 1929 | Syncrocinex | All-Talkie | Extant |
Under the Greenwood Tree | September 5, 1929 | British International Pictures | All-Talkie | Lost |
Whispering Winds | September 5, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Big News | September 7, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Extant |
Speedway | September 7, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized Score | Extant |
Big Time | September 7, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Extant |
Fast Company | September 7, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Incomplete |
The Letter | September 7, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Wagon Master | September 8, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Side Street | September 8, 1929 | RKO | All-Talkie | Extant |
High Treason | September 9, 1929 | Gaumont-British | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Great Gabbo | September 12, 1929 | Sono Art World Wide Pictures | All-Talkie | Extant |
Flight | September 13, 1929 | Columbia | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Unholy Night | September 14, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
Hearts in Exile | September 14, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only
[Discs 6-9] |
Sailor's Holiday | September 14, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Extant |
Rio Rita | September 15, 1929 | RKO | All-Talkie | Incomplete [1932 Re-release only; and 2 song numbers from original, uncut] |
Hold Your Man | September 15, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Great Divide | September 15, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Extant |
Three Live Ghosts | September 15, 1929 | United Artists | All-Talkie | Extant |
The American Prisoner | September 16, 1929 | British International Pictures | All-Talkie | Lost |
Happy Days[F 59] | September 17, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Full-screen only
[70mm version lost] |
They Had to See Paris | September 18, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Extant |
Honky Tonk | September 21, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
Illusion | September 21, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Wise Girls | September 21, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Lady Lies | September 21, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Barnum Was Right | September 22, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Silent version only |
The Delightful Rogue | September 22, 1929 | RKO | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Girl from Havana | September 22, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
A Most Immoral Lady | September 22, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
Jealousy | September 28, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Lost |
The Hottentot | September 28, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
His Glorious Night | September 28, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
Woman Trap | September 28, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Her Private Affair | September 28, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Extant |
Tonight at Twelve | September 29, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Lost |
Big Time | September 29, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
The Isle of Lost Ships | September 29, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Extant (Mute Film Print); Soundtrack Lost |
Hurricane | September 30, 1929 | Columbia | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Plaything | September 30, 1929 | British International Pictures | Part-Talkie | Lost |
Land Without Women[4] | September 30, 1929 | Tobis | All-Talkie | Lost |
The Broken Melody | October 1, 1929 | Welsh-Pearson | Synchronized Score | Lost |
White Cargo[F 60] | October 1, 1929 | Neo-Art Productions | Part-Talkie | Extant |
The Devil's Maze | October 1, 1929 | Gainsborough Pictures | All-Talkie | Extant |
Dark Red Roses | October 1, 1929 | British Talking Pictures | All-Talkie | Extant |
Sunny Side Up | October 3, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Extant |
Why Bring That Up? | October 4, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Argyle Case | October 5, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only [Discs 3, 5, 7, 9] |
The Love Doctor | October 5, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant [Discs 1, 3, 5–6] |
Evidence | October 5, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
The Trespasser | October 5, 1929 | United Artists | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Mysterious Island | October 5, 1929 | MGM | Part-Talkie | Extant |
One Hysterical Night | October 6, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Extant |
The River[F 61] | October 6, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-Talkie | Incomplete |
Applause | October 7, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Frozen Justice | October 13, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Incomplete |
The Return of Sherlock Holmes | October 13, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Film-only |
The Last Performance | October 13, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Silent version only |
Artificial Svensson[5] | October 14, 1929 | AB Swedish Film Industry | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Mister Antonio | October 15, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | All-Talkie | Extant |
In Old California | October 15, 1929 | Argosy Film Co. | All-Talkie | Extant [Discs 1, 3, 5] |
Howdy Broadway | October 16, 1929 | Rayart Pictures | All-Talkie | Extant |
So Long Letty | October 16, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Extant |
Sea Fury | October 16, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Lost |
The Informer | October 17, 1929 | British International Pictures | Part-Talkie | Extant |
Welcome Danger | October 19, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Thirteenth Chair | October 19, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
Oh Yeah | October 19, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Extant |
Is Everybody Happy? | October 19, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Incomplete |
Young Nowheres | October 20, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
The Phantom in the House | October 20, 1929 | Continental Pictures | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Cock-Eyed World | October 20, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Queen's Necklace[6] | October 22, 1929 | Aubert Franco Film | Synchronized Score | Lost |
In the Headlines | October 26, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only [Discs 1-7] |
The Saturday Night Kid | October 26, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Night Parade | October 27, 1929 | RKO | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Long Long Trail | October 27, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Extant |
Married in Hollywood | October 27, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Incomplete |
The Girl from Woolworth's | October 27, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
Atlantic[F 62] | October 28, 1929 | Sud Film / British International Pictures | All-Talkie | Extant |
Jazz Heaven | October 30, 1929 | RKO | All-Talkie | Extant |
Alf's Carpet | November 1, 1929 | British International Pictures | Part-Talkie | Extant |
The Three Masks[F 63] | November 1, 1929 | Pathé-Natan | All-Talkie | Extant |
Woman to Woman | November 1, 1929 | Gainsborough Pictures/ Tiffany | All-Talkie | Extant |
To What Red Hell | November 1, 1929 | Julius Hagen Productions | All-Talkie | Extant |
Disraeli | November 1, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Extant |
Sweetie | November 2, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
Skin Deep | November 2, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
The Mississippi Gambler | November 3, 1929 | Universal | All-Talkie | Extant |
Love, Live and Laugh | November 3, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Condemned | November 3, 1929 | United Artists | All-Talkie | Extant |
Two O'Clock in the Morning | November 6, 1929 | Bell Pictures Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Paris[F 64] | November 7, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
Footlights and Fools | November 8, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
So This Is College | November 8, 1929 | MGM | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Racketeer | November 9, 1929 | Pathé | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Sap | November 9, 1929 | Warner Bros. | Part-Talkie | Audio-only |
The Virginian | November 9, 1929 | Paramount | All-Talkie | Extant |
A Song of Kentucky | November 10, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Senor Americano | November 10, 1929 | Universal | Part-Talkie | Silent version only |
Broadway Scandals | November 10, 1929 | Columbia | All-Talkie | Extant |
Tanned Legs | November 10, 1929 | RKO | All-Talkie | Extant |
The Forward Pass | November 10, 1929 | First National | All-Talkie | Audio-only |
Romance of the Rio Grande | November 11, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-Talkie | Lost |
Song of Love | November 13, 1929 | Columbia | All-Talkie | Extant |
Those Who Love | November 15, 1929 | British International Pictures | All-talkie | Lost |
Acquitted | November 15, 1929 | Columbia | All-talkie | Extant |
The Feather[F 65] | November 15, 1929 | Julius Hagen Productions | Synchronized score | Lost |
Atlantic[F 66] | November 15, 1929 | British International Pictures | All-talkie | Extant |
The Mighty | November 16, 1929 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
The Locked Door | November 16, 1929 | United Artists | All-talkie | Extant |
The Kiss[F 67] | November 16, 1929 | MGM | Synchronized score | Extant |
Skinner Steps Out | November 17, 1929 | Universal | All-talkie | Extant |
Little Johnny Jones | November 17, 1929 | First National | All-talkie | Audio-only |
Shanghai Lady | November 17, 1929 | Universal | All-talkie | Lost |
The Love Parade | November 19, 1929 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
Painted Faces | November 20, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | All-talkie | Extant |
The Show of Shows | November 21, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-talkie | B/W only [color incomplete] |
Untamed | November 23, 1929 | MGM | All-talkie | Extant |
Darkened Rooms | November 23, 1929 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
Red Hot Rhythm | November 23, 1929 | Pathé | All-talkie | Lost |
Overland Bound | November 23, 1929 | Rayart Pictures | All-talkie | Lost |
Under the Southern Cross | November 24, 1929 | Universal | Part-talkie | Silent Version Extant |
The Sacred Flame | November 24, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-talkie | Audio-only |
Nix on Dames | November 24, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-talkie | Lost |
The Vagabond Lover | November 26, 1929 | RKO | All-talkie | Extant |
The Battle of Paris | November 30, 1929 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
It's You I Have Loved | November 30, 1929 | Aafa Film | All-talkie | Lost |
The Taming of the Shrew | November 30, 1929 | United Artists | All-talkie | Extant |
Auld Lang Syne | December 1, 1929 | Paramount British Pictures | All-talkie | Lost |
The Hate Ship | December 1, 1929 | British International Pictures | All-talkie | Extant |
The Talk of Hollywood | December 1, 1929 | Sono Art World Wide Pictures | All-talkie | Extant |
Wall Street | December 1, 1929 | Columbia | All-talkie | Audio-only [Disc 6 extant] |
Seven Faces | December 1, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-talkie | Lost |
The Painted Angel | December 1, 1929 | First National | All-talkie | Audio-only [Discs 1–6, 8] |
General Crack | December 3, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-talkie | Silent version only [Discs 1–11] |
It's a Great Life | December 6, 1929 | MGM | All-talkie | Extant |
Rich People | December 7, 1929 | Pathé | All-talkie | Extant |
Glorifying the American Girl | December 7, 1929 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
The Shannons of Broadway | December 8, 1929 | Universal | All-talkie | Lost |
South Sea Rose | December 8, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-talkie | Lost |
The Love Racket | December 8, 1929 | First National | All-talkie | Lost |
Dark Skies | December 10, 1929 | Biltmore Productions | All-talkie | Lost |
Hell's Heroes | December 12, 1929 | Universal | All-talkie | Extant |
This Thing Called Love | December 13, 1929 | Pathé | All-talkie | Lost |
Dynamite | December 13, 1929 | MGM | All-talkie | Extant |
Half Way to Heaven | December 14, 1929 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
The Aviator | December 14, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-talkie | Audio-only |
Christina | December 15, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | Part-talkie | Audio-only [Disc 2] |
After the Fog | December 15, 1929 | Beacon Productions | All-talkie | Lost |
The Broadway Hoofer | December 15, 1929 | Columbia | All-talkie | Extant [Discs 5, 7] |
Dance Hall | December 15, 1929 | RKO | All-talkie | Extant |
Melody of the Heart | December 16, 1929 | UFA | All-talkie | Extant |
Navy Blues | December 20, 1929 | MGM | All-talkie | Extant |
The Lost Zeppelin | December 20, 1929 | Tiffany Pictures | All-talkie | Extant |
The Marriage Playground | December 21, 1929 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
Pointed Heels | December 21, 1929 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
Tiger Rose | December 21, 1929 | Warner Bros. | All-talkie | Extant |
Courtin' Wildcats | December 22, 1929 | Universal | Part-talkie | Extant |
Hot For Paris | December 22, 1929 | Fox Film Corporation | All-talkie | Lost |
Splinters[7] | December 23, 1929 | British and Dominions Films | All-talkie | Extant |
Sally | December 23, 1929 | First National | All-talkie | B/W only [color incomplete] |
The Night Belongs to Us | December 23, 1929 | Froelich-Film GmbH | All-talkie | Extant |
Hit the Deck | December 25, 1929 | RKO | All-talkie | Audio-only |
Seven Keys to Baldplate | December 25, 1929 | RKO | All-talkie | Extant |
Mexicali Rose | December 26, 1929 | Columbia | All-talkie | Extant |
Say It with Music[8] | December 26, 1929 | Minevra Film | Part-talkie | Film-only |
The Co-Optimists | December 27, 1929 | Gordon Craig Productions | All-talkie | Lost |
Their Own Desire | December 27, 1929 | MGM | All-talkie | Extant |
Devil-May-Care | December 27, 1929 | MGM | All-talkie | Extant |
His First Command | December 28, 1929 | Pathe | All-talkie | Extant |
The Laughing Lady | December 28, 1929 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
New York Nights | December 28, 1929 | United Artists | All-talkie | Extant |
Seven Days Leave | December 28, 1929 | Paramount | All-talkie | Extant |
The Royal Box[F 68] | December 29, 1929 | Warner Bros. / National-Filmverleih GmbH | All-talkie | Lost |
Wedding Rings | December 29, 1929 | First National | All-talkie | Lost |
Blaze o' Glory | December 30, 1929 | Sono Art World Wide Pictures | All-talkie | Audio-only |
The Bishop Murder Case | December 31, 1929 | MGM | All-talkie | Extant |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The first feature film to be released with a Vitaphone score and sound effects track.
- ^ Silent version released on November 23, 1926.
- ^ The music and sound effects track were recorded with General Electric Kinegraphone (later known as RCA Photophone) for limited release at a dozen theaters.
- ^ Silent version released on May 6, 1927.
- ^ The first feature film to feature dialogue and singing sequences.
- ^ The first feature film to include a scene filmed in Movietone.
- ^ The first sound film with scripted dialogue scenes.
- ^ Silent version released on March 6, 1928.
- ^ FBO became the second studio to release a part talkie.
- ^ The first 'all talking' feature film.
- ^ Silent version released on May 17, 1928.
- ^ The MGM lion roars for the first time in sound, in MGM's first sound film.
- ^ Silent version released on March 23, 1928.
- ^ Released with Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie.
- ^ Silent version released on November 4, 1927.
- ^ Instead of opening titles, the credits are spoken by a caped and masked Conrad Nagel.
- ^ The first part talkie to include multiple scenes filmed in Movietone.
- ^ Silent version released on April 19, 1927.
- ^ Silent version released on June 20, 1928.
- ^ Soon after release, the film was pulled from distribution and the final two reels were refilmed with sound without Murnau's input. It was re-released on June 15, 1929.
- ^ Silent version released on August 3, 1928.
- ^ Soon after release, Warner Bros pulled it from release and re-edited some of the talking sequences.
- ^ The first feature film shot in Technicolor to include a soundtrack.
- ^ The film was originally released as a silent on April 19, 1928. It was then pulled from release and dialogue scenes were added.
- ^ Silent version released on April 27, 1928.
- ^ Originally filmed a silent; it was completely remade in sound with the direction by Roy Pomeroy.
- ^ A four reel condensed version was located in Italy.
- ^ The film was originally released as a silent on April 7, 1928. It was then pulled from release and dialogue scenes were added.
- ^ First all talking feature with outdoor location filming.
- ^ Silent version released on November 4, 1928.
- ^ The first sound film produced in Europe to be released.
- ^ Silent version released on March 22, 1928.
- ^ The first feature film to include a Technicolor insert filmed in sound.
- ^ Silent version released on the August 29, 1928.
- ^ Columbia was the last of the Hollywood majors to release a part talkie.
- ^ Louise Brooks was dubbed and doubled by Margaret Livingston when the film was reworked for sound.
- ^ The first sound feature film shot in the United Kingdom.
- ^ Silent version released on September 15, 1928.
- ^ Edited re-release, originally released as a serial in 1927.
- ^ Originally released as a ten chapter serial in 1927, the film was re-edited to feature length for its re-release in 1929.
- ^ Silent version released on January 27, 1929.
- ^ First all talking feature film filmed in RCA Photophone.
- ^ Some sequences were dubbed, using the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process
- ^ Florence Vidor was dubbed by actress Nella Walker.
- ^ Silent version released in August 1928.
- ^ The first 'all talking' British feature, although it was filmed in the United States.
- ^ A specially designed camera crane was used for some scenes.
- ^ First all talking feature shot entirely in Technicolor.
- ^ Silent version released on December 12, 1928.
- ^ Silent version released in February 1929; reissued in the United States with a sound prologue.
- ^ The second half of the film was shot in sound at RKO Studios in Hollywood, due to the lack of suitable facilities in the United Kingdom at the time.
- ^ The first all talking feature film shot in the United Kingdom to be released.
- ^ Silent version released on March 20, 1928.
- ^ Silent version released on November 5, 1928.
- ^ A silent version was produced first, before the film was remade in sound.
- ^ Silent version released on April 26, 1928.
- ^ Several Technicolor fragments exist in various archives.
- ^ The first 'all talking' film produced and released in Brazil.
- ^ The first feature film to be shot in Widescreen, in the Fox Grandeur 70mm film process.
- ^ Silent version released in May 1929.
- ^ Silent version released on December 22, 1928.
- ^ The first 'all talking' German language film.
- ^ The first 'all talking' French language film.
- ^ Fragments of footage were found in the BFI national archive.
- ^ This film was produced in the United Kingdom by Julius Hagen Productions and distributed by United Artists.
- ^ Also made in German, French, and silent versions. This was also the first all talking German language film to be released.
- ^ The last silent feature to be released by a 'major' Hollywood studio.
- ^ The first foreign-language talkie to be made in the United States.
References
edit- ^ Eyman, Scott (1999). The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-6192-6.
- ^ "www.vitaphoneproject.com/". Vitaphone Project.
- ^ "www.silentera.com/PSFL/indexes/index.html". Silent Era: Progressive Film List. 2018.
- ^ "The Emergence of German Sound Film". filmportal.de.
- ^ Alanen, Anitti (October 10, 2013). "Konstgjorda Svensson / [Artificial Svensson] (2011 SFI restoration)". Anitti Alanan: Film Diary.
- ^ O'Brien, Charles (2005). Cinema's Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S. Indiana: Indiana, University Press.
- ^ Hutchinson, Pamela (September 21, 2015). "C'mon Feel the Noise: What Happened When the Talkies Came to Britain?". The Guardian.
- ^ Gustafsson, Frederik (2017). The Man from the Third Row. New York: Berghahn Books. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-1-78533-250-0.