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The 42 pages that link to The Jazz Singer, each with the reason it gives.

• Silent filmBroader topic: Its commercial success accelerated Hollywood's shift toward synchronized sound.

• Film scoreBroader topic: Its commercial success accelerated the transition to synchronized sound filmmaking.

• HollywoodBroader topic: Its success accelerated Hollywood’s transition from silent films to sound.

• Sound filmBroader topic: Its commercial success made synchronized sound a major industry priority.

• Warner Bros.Broader topic: Its commercial success made sound cinema a viable studio investment.

• Playback singingBroader topic: Its sound-era success helped establish songs as a major part of screen performance.

• Classical Hollywood cinemaBroader topic: The sound transition reshaped studio production while preserving established narrative conventions.

• Musical filmBroader topic: Its sound sequences helped make synchronized musical performance a commercial attraction.

• Hollywood musicalBroader topic: Its commercial success accelerated Hollywood’s shift toward sound films and screen musicals.

• DubbingBroader topic: Its success accelerated the transition to sound films, creating new dialogue-recording problems.

• Film musicBroader topic: Its success helped accelerate the transition to sound films and synchronized music.

• VitaphoneBroader topic: Its success made Vitaphone and synchronized speech widely famous.

• Singin' in the RainRelated: Its success parallels the fictional studio’s scramble to make its silent stars speak.

• Academy Award for Best Original ScoreBroader topic: Its 1930 score prize was among the category’s earliest awards, before the modern title took hold.

• Hollywood cinemaBroader topic: Its commercial success accelerated Hollywood's conversion to synchronized sound.

• Film soundtrackBroader topic: Its success made synchronized sound a turning point for film music.

• SoundtrackBroader topic: Its success helped establish synchronized sound as a commercial feature of cinema.

• Laurel and HardyCompared with: Its sound-era breakthrough frames the transition their comedy had to negotiate.

• TalkiesBroader topic: Its dialogue sequences made it the best-known symbol of the talkie breakthrough.

• FoleyRelated: Its success helped accelerate the transition to synchronized sound films.

• Al JolsonBroader topic: Jolson’s performance as Jakie Rabinowitz made this film his most enduring screen role.

• Alam AraCompared with: Its success demonstrated sound cinema’s potential before Alam Ara brought the format to India.

• Hollywood's Golden AgeBroader topic: Its success accelerated Hollywood's conversion to synchronized sound.

• Mickey MousingNarrower topic: The arrival of synchronized sound created new possibilities for closely timed film music.

• Playback singerBroader topic: Its arrival marked a turning point in filmed song and vocal performance.

• Blackface minstrelsyRelated: Its use of blackface demonstrates the practice’s survival in popular entertainment after minstrelsy’s heyday.

• Eddie CantorRelated: Cantor also moved from stage performance into early sound films during the era this film helped define.

• Mervyn LeRoyRelated: Its arrival reshaped the studio industry in which LeRoy was establishing himself.

• Sound-on-filmRelated: Its success helped establish demand for synchronized sound in feature films.

• Steamboat WillieRelated: Its commercial success helped spur studios, including Disney’s, to pursue synchronized sound.

• Jack L. WarnerBroader topic: Warner Bros.’ release helped establish sound film as a commercial force during Jack’s leadership.

• Warner Bros. PicturesBroader topic: Its success made the studio a pioneer of sound cinema.

• Short filmCompared with: Its success accompanied a shift toward feature-length sound films and reduced theatrical space for shorts.

• Silent film actingBroader topic: Its success accelerated the transition toward dialogue-driven sound films.

• Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansCompared with: Its commercial success made sound cinema’s arrival conspicuous in the year Sunrise appeared.

• 1st Academy AwardsRelated: Its sound-era breakthrough shaped the industry represented at the ceremony.

• Ronald ColmanRelated: Its success accelerated the industry's shift that Colman navigated as a silent-era star.

• Sam WarnerBroader topic: Its release became the studio’s landmark demonstration of sound-film production.

• Era of SilenceBroader topic: Its commercial success became a landmark in the shift away from silent feature production.

• Norma TalmadgeRelated: Its success accelerated the industry's shift to sound during Talmadge's final years onscreen.

• Richard BarthelmessCompared with: Its commercial success accelerated the industry's shift away from silent releases.

• Yossele RosenblattBroader topic: Rosenblatt appeared as himself, singing the Kol Nidre prayer.