1927 ⟶ The Jazz Singer Premiere: First Feature-Length 'Talkie'
October 6: The Jazz Singer, the first "talkie", is released.
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🎬 Edison and Dickson Develop the Kinetoscope
Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Dickson invent the Kinetoscope.⟶
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United States🎬 The Jazz Singer Premiere: First Feature-Length 'Talkie'
October 6: The Jazz Singer, the first "talkie", is released.⟶
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United States🎬 Inaugural Academy Awards Ceremony Held
May 16: The first Academy Awards are presented.⟶
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United States🎬 First Feature-Length Animated Film Released: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
December 21: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first feature-length animated movie released.⟶
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United States🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Releases The Wizard of Oz
August 25: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases The Wizard of Oz.⟶
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