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The 54 pages that link to Sound film, each with the reason it gives.

• Music videoNarrower topic: Synchronized sound made filmed musical performance possible.

• Warner Bros.Narrower topic: Warner Bros.’ early sound successes accelerated the industry’s transition away from silent cinema.

• Playback singingNarrower topic: Playback singing depends on cinema’s ability to synchronize recorded sound with images.

• The Jazz SingerNarrower topic: The film became a landmark in the transition from silent pictures to synchronized sound.

• DubbingNarrower topic: Dubbing became possible and necessary as synchronized sound transformed cinema.

• Soundtrack albumNarrower topic: Sound films created the conditions for music to accompany moving images synchronously.

• MGM musicalNarrower topic: Synchronized sound made musical performance a central feature of movie storytelling.

• Snow White and the Seven DwarfsNarrower topic: Its integrated songs, dialogue, and effects depend on the sound-film format.

• FoleyNarrower topic: Foley developed as sound films required effects matched to recorded images.

• Al JolsonNarrower topic: The film’s success accelerated Hollywood’s transition from silent pictures to sound.

• Lee de ForestNarrower topic: De Forest’s Phonofilm was an early attempt to make sound film commercially viable.

• Mickey MousingNarrower topic: The technique depends on sound being synchronized with moving images.

• The Blue AngelNarrower topic: The film uses Lola Lola’s songs and spoken performance as central dramatic elements.

• Dracula (1931 film)Narrower topic: Early sound limits the film’s movement and makes pauses and spoken menace especially prominent.

• Jack L. WarnerNarrower topic: Warner Bros.’ early investment made synchronized sound central to Hollywood filmmaking.

• Jean RenoirNarrower topic: Renoir used dialogue and ambient sound to give scenes the texture of lived social spaces.

• Ardeshir IraniNarrower topic: Alam Ara established this form in Indian feature cinema.

• Sam WarnerNarrower topic: Sam’s final studio campaign helped accelerate this industry-wide transition.

• René ClairNarrower topic: Clair treated recorded sound as a compositional element instead of merely reproducing stage dialogue.

• Carmen RosalesNarrower topic: The transition to sound made singing performers such as Rosales especially valuable to studios.

• Warner BaxterNarrower topic: In Old Arizona was an early feature-length sound Western, and Baxter’s success came during this transition.