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Film with a sound track
Answer for the clue "Film with a sound track ", 6 letters:
talkie
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context informal English) A movie with sound.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The early days of talkies in Hollywood must have been one of the steepest learning-curves anyone anywhere has faced. ▪ These men alone staked their fortunes on the talkie . ▪ We are connected to our climb leader, Adam, via walkie ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"motion picture with sound," 1913, from earlier talking picture (1908), from talk (v.).
Usage examples of talkie.
At that time, which was the period of transition from the silent movies to the talkies, Pidgeon was regarded as through in Hollywood and was playing in a summer stock theater in the East.
A voice began murmuring presently from one of the talkie gadgets Pilch wore as earrings.
Some kind of hand gesture passes between them (they brought walkie talkies, but Doug scorns them as a crutch for lightweights and wannabes).
There was the kind of slaughter we associate with the passing of the silents and the coming of the talkies.