Crossword clues for talkie
talkie
- Certain film
- "The Jazz Singer", notably
- Superseder of a silent
- Silent offspring
- Silent movie follower
- Silent film's successor
- Screen innovation of the 1920's
- Non-silent film
- Movie that isn't silent
- Entertainment innovation of the late '20s
- Early film with sound track
- 1927's "The Jazz Singer," notably
- 1927 movie innovation
- "Whoopee" was an early one
- 'The Jazz Singer,' notably
- Innovation of the late 20's
- "The Jazz Singer," e.g.
- Silent's opposite
- A movie with synchronized speech and singing
- "The Jazz Singer" was one: 1927
- Silent successor
- Silent's successor
- Sound movie
- Finally shout like a crazy, not silent
- Picture of old heavy drinker after time
- Old film
- "The Jazz Singer," notably
- Supplanter of the silent movie
- Nonsilent film
- Film with a sound track
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
talkie
noun
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▪ 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 talkies.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
talkie
"motion picture with sound," 1913, from earlier talking picture (1908), from talk (v.).
Wiktionary
talkie
n. (context informal English) A movie with sound.
WordNet
talkie
n. a movie with synchronized speech and singing [syn: talking picture]
Wikipedia
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.