Daily Dialogue — September 16, 2015

“You ain’t heard nothin’ yet.”

— The Jazz Singer (1927), adaptation by Alfred A. Cohen, titles by Jack Jarmuth, based on a play by Samsom Raphaelson

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Minimum words, Maximum impact. Today’s suggestion by Rob Peterson.

Trivia: First feature-length movie with audible dialogue.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Rob: “Yep, this movie is mostly a silent, but this brief sequence between songs was as prophetic as it was groundbreaking. That line helped propel motion pictures down the road they still travel today. Supposedly Al Jolson, who maybe should get the writing credit here, ad-libbed the line, and movie history was made. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet? The talking picture revolution had begun.”