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Silent film's successor
Answer for the clue "Silent film's successor ", 6 letters:
talkie
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Word definitions for talkie in dictionaries
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.).
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a movie with synchronized speech and singing [syn: talking picture ]
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.