List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part or full talking feature films made in the United States and Europe during the transition from silent film to sound , between 1926 and 1929.[ 1] During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including sound on film formats such as Movietone and RCA Photophone , as well as sound on disc formats like Vitaphone . This list includes film titles, release dates, production companies, audio type and archive status; denoting whether they exist, are lost or incomplete, the film or audio elements exist only, as well as the number of discs extant for films recorded with Vitaphone soundtracks.[ 2]
1926
1927
Title
Release date
Company
Audio
Status
What Price Glory [ F 2]
January 21, 1927
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Extant
When a Man Loves
February 3, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Extant
The Missing Link
May 6, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Film-only
Old San Francisco
June 21, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Extant
The First Auto
June 27, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Extant
Wings [ F 3]
August 12, 1927
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Synchronized score
Film-only
The Bush Leaguer
August 20, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Audio-only
Slightly Used
September 3, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Audio-only [Disc 5 extant]
7th Heaven [ F 4]
September 10, 1927
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Extant
Jaws of Steel
September 10, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Film-only
One Round Hogan
September 17, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Lost
Sunrise
September 23, 1927
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Extant
A Sailor's Sweetheart
September 24, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Incomplete
The Jazz Singer [ F 5]
October 6, 1927
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Extant
Sailor Izzy Murphy
October 8, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Lost
A Reno Divorce
October 22, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Audio-only
A Dog of the Regiment
October 29, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Audio-only [Discs 1–2, 4-5]
Good Time Charley
November 5, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Extant [Discs 5, 7]
The Fortune Hunter
November 7, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Audio-only
The Silver Slave
November 12, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Lost
The Girl from Chicago
November 19, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Lost
Ginsberg the Great
November 26, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Audio-only [Disc 7 extant]
Brass Knuckles
December 3, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Film-only
If I Were Single
December 17, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Film-only
Ham and Eggs at the Front
December 24, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Film-only
Husbands for Rent
December 31, 1927
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Audio-only [Disc 3 extant]
1928
Title
Release date
Company
Audio
Status
Beware of Married Men
January 14, 1928
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Incomplete
Mother Machree [ F 6]
January 22, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Incomplete
A Race for Life
January 28, 1928
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Extant
[Disc 6 only]
The Little Snob
February 11, 1928
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Audio-only [Disc 6 extant]
Four Sons [ 3]
February 13, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Extant
Across the Atlantic
February 25, 1928
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Lost
Powder My Back
March 10, 1928
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Lost
Tenderloin [ F 7]
March 14, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Audio-only [Disc 1 Extant]
Domestic Troubles
March 28, 1928
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Lost
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
April 1, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Film-only
The Crimson City
April 7, 1928
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Film-only
Street Angel
April 9, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Extant
Glorious Betsy
April 16, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Extant [Discs 1–4, 6-8]
Rinty of the Desert
April 21, 1928
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Lost
Pay as You Enter
May 12, 1928
Warner Bros.
Synchronized score
Audio-only
Ramona [ F 8]
May 20, 1928
United Artists
Synchronized score
Film-only
Five and Ten Cent Annie
May 28, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Incomplete
Fazil
June 4, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Extant
The Lion and the Mouse
June 15, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Extant [Discs 1, 3–6, 9]
The Perfect Crime [ F 9]
June 17, 1928
FBO
Part-talkie
Lost
Lights of New York [ F 10]
July 8, 1928
Warner Bros.
All-talkie
Extant
Warming Up
July 15, 1928
Paramount
Synchronized score
Lost
Tempest [ F 11]
July 21, 1928
United Artists
Synchronized score
Extant
Loves of an Actress
July 29, 1928
Paramount
Synchronized score
Lost
White Shadows in the South Seas [ F 12]
July 31, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Extant
The Scarlet Lady
August 1, 1928
Columbia
Synchronized score
Film-only
Women They Talk About
August 11, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Audio-only [Disc 6 extant]
The Patriot
August 19, 1928
Paramount
Part-talkie
Incomplete
Caught in the Fog
August 25, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Incomplete
The River Pirate
August 26, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Extant
Two Lovers [ F 13]
August 27, 1928
United Artists
Synchronized score
Extant [Discs 1–4, 6, 10]
Submarine
August 28, 1928
Columbia
Synchronized score
Extant [Discs 2-3, 9]
Our Dancing Daughters
September 1, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Extant
The Sawdust Paradise
September 1, 1928
Paramount
Synchronized score
Lost
Gang War
September 2, 1928
FBO
Part-talkie
Incomplete[ F 14]
State Street Sadie
September 2, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Audio-only [Discs 1-3, 8]
Uncle Tom's Cabin [ F 15]
September 2, 1928
Universal
Synchronized score
Extant
The Terror [ F 16]
September 6, 1928
Warner Bros.
All-talkie
Audio-only
Excess Baggage
September 8, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Audio-only
The Night Watch
September 9, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Film-only
While the City Sleeps
September 15, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Incomplete
Win That Girl
September 16, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Lost
The Whip
September 16, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Extant
Waterfront
September 16, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Extant
Mother Knows Best [ F 17]
September 16, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Part-talkie
Lost
The Singing Fool
September 19, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Extant
Beggars of Life
September 22, 1928
Paramount
Part-talkie
Extant [Disc 1 only]
Hit of the Show
September 23, 1928
FBO
Part-talkie
Lost
Plastered In Paris
September 23, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Lost
Show Girl
September 28, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Extant
The King of Kings [ F 18]
September 30, 1928
Pathe
Synchronized score
Extant
The Air Circus
September 30, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Part-talkie
Lost
Lonesome [ F 19]
September 30, 1928
Universal
Part-talkie
Extant
The Toilers
October 1, 1928
Tiffany Pictures
Synchronized score
Extant
4 Devils [ F 20]
October 3, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Audio-only [Disc 4 extant]
The Wedding March
October 6, 1928
Paramount
Synchronized score
Extant
Dry Martini
October 7, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Lost
The Crash
October 7, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Lost
The Circus Kid
October 7, 1928
FBO
Part-talkie
Film-only
Melody of Love
October 10, 1928
Universal
All-talkie
Incomplete
The Battle of the Sexes
October 10, 1928
United Artists
Synchronized score
Extant [Discs 2–4, 8]
Captain Swagger
October 14, 1928
Pathe
Synchronized score
Extant
Lilac Time [ F 21]
October 18, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Extant [Discs 1, 5–7]
Land of the Silver Fox
October 18, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Extant [Discs 1–2, 4–7]
Me, Gangster
October 20, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Lost
Show Folks
October 21, 1928
Pathe
Part-talkie
Extant
The Woman Disputed
October 21, 1928
United Artists
Synchronized score
Extant [Disc 7 only]
The Home Towners
October 23, 1928
Warner Bros.
All-talkie
Audio-only [Discs 3–4, 7, 10]
Varsity
October 26, 1928
Paramount
Part-talkie
Lost
Beware of Bachelors
October 27, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Extant [Discs 1, 4–8]
The Midnight Taxi
October 28, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Film-only
Noah's Ark [ F 22]
November 1, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Extant
The Cavalier
November 1, 1928
Tiffany Pictures
Synchronized score
Extant
The Viking [ F 23]
November 2, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Extant
Revenge
November 3, 1928
United Artists
Synchronized score
Extant [Discs 5]
The Baby Cyclone
November 3, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Lost
Abie's Irish Rose [ F 24]
November 3, 1928
Paramount
Part-talkie
Incomplete
The Woman from Moscow
November 3, 1928
Paramount
Synchronized score
Incomplete
Marked Money
November 4, 1928
Pathe
Synchronized score
Extant
The Haunted House
November 4, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Audio-only
The Man Who Laughs [ F 25]
November 4, 1928
Universal
Synchronized score
Extant
Interference [ F 26]
November 5, 1928
Paramount
All-talkie
Extant
Marriage by Contact
November 9, 1928
Tiffany Pictures
Part-talkie
Extant
Taxi 13
November 11, 1928
FBO
Part-talkie
Extant
Romance of the Underworld
November 11, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Extant
Outcast
November 11, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Film-only
On Trial
November 14, 1928
Warner Bros.
All-talkie
Audio-only [Discs 1–2, 4–5, 7, 9–10]
Alias Jimmy Valentine [ F 27]
November 15, 1928
MGM
Part-talkie
Incomplete
The Awakening
November 17, 1928
United Artists
Synchronized score
Lost
The Masks of the Devil
November 17, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Lost
His Private Life
November 17, 1928
Paramount
Synchronized score
Lost
The Good-Bye Kiss
November 18, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Lost
Annapolis
November 18, 1928
Pathe
Synchronized score
Extant
Prep and Pep
November 18, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Lost
Show People
November 20, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Extant
The Wind
November 23, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Extant
Manhattan Cocktail
November 24, 1928
Paramount
Part-talkie
Incomplete
West of Zanzibar
November 24, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Extant
Riley the Cop
November 25, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Extant
A Lady of Chance
December 1, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Film-only
Dream of Love
December 1, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Lost
The River Woman
December 1, 1928
Gotham Productions
Part-talkie
Incomplete
Ned McCobb's Daughter
December 2, 1928
Pathe
Synchronized score
Lost
Adoration
December 2, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Extant
The Red Dance
December 2, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Film-only
The Little Wildcat
December 8, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Lost
Give and Take
December 9, 1928
Universal
Part-talkie
Lost
Blindfold
December 9, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Lost
The Barker
December 9, 1928
First National
Part-talkie
Extant
Speedy [ F 28]
December 15, 1928
Paramount
Part-talkie
Extant
A Woman of Affairs
December 15, 1928
MGM
Synchronized score
Extant
The Shady Lady
December 16, 1928
Pathe
Part-talkie
Lost
Homesick
December 16, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Lost
Blockade
December 16, 1928
FBO
Part-talkie
Lost
Naughty Baby
December 16, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Extant
The Spieler
December 20, 1928
Pathe
Part-talkie
Film-only
My Man
December 21, 1928
Warner Bros.
Part-talkie
Incomplete
Conquest
December 22, 1928
Warner Bros.
All-talkie
Audio-only
Red Wine
December 23, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized score
Lost
Brotherly Love
December 23, 1928
MGM
Part-talkie
Extant
In Old Arizona [ F 29]
December 25, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
All-talkie
Extant
Sins of the Fathers
December 29, 1928
Paramount
Part-talkie
Incomplete
The Shopworn Angel
December 29, 1928
Paramount
Part-talkie
Incomplete
The Great White North
December 30, 1928
Fox Film Corporation
Part-talkie
Unknown
Scarlet Seas
December 30, 1928
First National
Synchronized score
Extant
1929
Title
Release date
Company
Audio
Status
Sal of Singapore [ F 30]
January 4, 1929
Pathe
Part-Talkie
Extant
Captain Lash
January 6, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Jazz Age
January 6, 1929
FBO
Part-Talkie
Extant
The Last Warning
January 6, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Silent version only
Synthetic Sin
January 9, 1929
First National
Synchronized Score
Extant [Disc 6 only]
The Rescue
January 12, 1929
United Artists
Synchronized Score
Incomplete
Man, Woman and Wife
January 13, 1929
Universal
Synchronized Score
Lost
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame [ F 31]
January 16, 1929
Tobis
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Flying Fleet
January 19, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
Geraldine
January 20, 1929
Pathé
Part-Talkie
Extant
True Heaven
January 20, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
Lady of the Pavements
January 22, 1929
United Artists
Part-Talkie
Extant
The Bellamy Trial
January 23, 1929
MGM
Part-Talkie
Incomplete
The Doctor's Secret
January 26, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Lost
Fancy Baggage
January 26, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Audio-only [Discs 1-2, 4-8]
Red Hot Speed
January 27, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Lost
Seven Footprints to Satan
January 27, 1929
First National
Part-Talkie
Silent version only [Discs 2, 5–6]
Fugitives
January 27, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
Noisy Neighbours
January 27, 1929
Pathé
Part-Talkie
Lost
Moulin Rouge [ F 32]
January 30, 1929
British International Pictures
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Rainbow
February 1, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
Synchronized Score
Incomplete
The Broadway Melody [ F 33]
February 1, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Lucky Boy
February 2, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
Part-Talkie
Extant
The Wolf of Wall Street
February 2, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Incomplete
Cheyenne
February 2, 1929
First National
Synchronized Score
Lost
The Girl on the Barge
February 3, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Lost
The Million Dollar Collar
February 9, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Lost
The Greyhound Limited
February 9, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Extant [Discs 1-4, 6]
The Sin Sister
February 10, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
Weary River
February 10, 1929
First National
Part-Talkie
Extant
Homecoming [ F 34]
February 16, 1929
UFA / Paramount
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Redeeming Sin
February 16, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
[Discs 1-2, 4-5, 7]
Making the Grade
February 17, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Part-Talkie
Lost
The Royal Rider
February 17, 1929
First National
Synchronized Score
Lost
The Lawless Legion
February 17, 1929
First National
Synchronized Score
Lost
The Lone Wolf's Daughter [ F 35]
February 18, 1929
Columbia
Part-Talkie
Audio-only [Disc 3]
The Iron Mask
February 21, 1929
United Artists
Part-Talkie
Extant
Redskin
February 23, 1929
Paramount
Synchronized Score
Extant
Stolen Kisses
February 23, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
Wild Orchids
February 23, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
New Year's Eve
February 23, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
The Leatherneck
February 24, 1929
Pathé
Part-Talkie
Silent version only
[Discs 1-8]
The Ghost Talks
February 24, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Sonny Boy
February 27, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Extant [Discs 1, 3, 5]
The Canary Murder Case [ F 36]
February 28, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Brothers
March 1, 1929
Rayart Pictures
Synchronized Score
Extant
[Discs 6&8]
Molly and Me
March 1, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
Part-Talkie
Incomplete
[Missing reel 7]
The Clue of the New Pin [ F 37]
March 1, 1929
British Lion Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Incomplete
Stark Mad
March 2, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
The Carnation Kid
March 2, 1929
Paramount
Part-Talkie
Extant
Clear the Decks
March 3, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Lost
Children of the Ritz
March 3, 1929
First National
Synchronized Score
Audio-only
[Discs 5-6]
The Office Scandal
March 3, 1929
Pathé
Part-Talkie
Extant
Strong Boy
March 3, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost [Trailer extant]
The Younger Generation
March 4, 1929
Columbia
Part-Talkie
Extant
Speakeasy
March 8, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Desert Nights
March 9, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Dummy
March 9, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Square Shoulders
March 10, 1929
Pathé
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Shakedown
March 10, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
International-sound version only
Trial Marriage
March 10, 1929
Columbia
Synchronized Score
Extant
Hearts in Dixie
March 10, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Extant
Melody of the World
March 12, 1929
Tobis
Synchronized Score
Extant
Why Be Good?
March 12, 1929
First National
Synchronized Score
Extant
Looping the Loop [ F 38]
March 16, 1929
Paramount / UFA
Synchronized Score
Lost
Show Boat
March 16, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Extant
One Stolen Night
March 16, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
[Discs 1, 4-5]
The Duke Steps Out
March 16, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Audio-only
Hawk of the Hills [ F 39]
March 17, 1929
Pathé
Synchronized Score
Extant[ F 40]
The Cohens and the Kellys in Atlantic City
March 17, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Extant
Love in the Desert [ F 41]
March 17, 1929
FBO
Part-Talkie
Extant
Blue Skies
March 17, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Two Sisters
March 23, 1929
Rayart Pictures
Synchronized Score
Lost
The Great Power
March 23, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Lost
Queen of the Night Clubs
March 24, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Incomplete
Girls Gone Wild
March 24, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
It Can Be Done
March 24, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Lost
Syncopation [ F 42]
March 24, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
Love and the Devil
March 24, 1929
First National
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Crimson Circle [ F 43]
March 25, 1929
British International Pictures / Efzet Film
Part-Talkie
Lost
The Bridge of San Luis Ray
March 30, 1929
MGM
Part-Talkie
Silent version only [Discs 2–3, 7, 9–10]
Wolf Song
March 30, 1929
Paramount
Part-Talkie
Extant
Chinatown Nights [ F 44]
March 30, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Hardboiled Rose
March 30, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Extant [Disc 4 only]
Strange Cargo
March 31, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Lost
The Godless Girl [ F 45]
March 31, 1929
Pathé
Part-Talkie
Silent version only
Trent's Last Case
March 31, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Part-Talkie
Incomplete
Linda
March 31, 1929
Mrs Wallace Reid Productions
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Divine Lady
March 31, 1929
Warner Bros.
Synchronized Score
Extant
My Lady's Past
April 1, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
Part-Talkie
Extant
His Captive Woman
April 2, 1929
First National
Part-Talkie
Extant
No Defense
April 6, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Lost
Spite Marriage
April 6, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Wild Party
April 6, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Coquette
April 6, 1929
United Artists
All-Talkie
Extant
Black Waters [ F 46]
April 6, 1929
British & Dominions Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Not Quite Decent
April 7, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Part-Talkie
Lost
Hot Stuff
April 7, 1929
First National
Part-Talkie
Audio-only [Discs 2-8]
The Desert Song
April 8, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Incomplete [B/W only]
The Donovan Affair
April 11, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Film-only
The Voice of the City
April 13, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Close Harmony
April 13, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Thru Different Eyes
April 14, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Silent version only
The Charlatan
April 14, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Extant
The Veiled Woman
April 14, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Saturday's Children
April 14, 1929
First National
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
The Voice Within
April 15, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
Part-Talkie
Lost
Frozen River
April 20, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
[Discs 1, 3-6]
Nothing But the Truth
April 20, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Alibi
April 20, 1929
United Artists
All-Talkie
Extant
The Woman from Hell
April 21, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
Tide of Empire
April 23, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
Scandal
April 27, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Lost
The Pagan
April 27, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
Kid Gloves
April 27, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Extant
The Hole in the Wall
April 27, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
From Headquarters
April 27, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Lost
The Far Call
April 28, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
Betrayal
April 28, 1929
Paramount
Synchronized Score
Lost
House of Horror
April 28, 1929
First National
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
The Return of the Rat
May 1, 1929
Gainsborough Pictures
Synchronized Score
Extant
Bulldog Drummond
May 2, 1929
United Artists
All-Talkie
Extant
Glad Rag Doll
May 4, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
[Discs 7-8]
Where East Is East
May 4, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
Gentlemen of the Press
May 4, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Protection
May 5, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
Mother's Boy
May 5, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Extant
Venus
May 6, 1929
United Artists
Synchronized Score
Audio-only
The Black Watch
May 8, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Extant
The Squall
May 9, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Extant
Eternal Love
May 11, 1929
United Artists
Synchronized Score
Extant
No Defence
May 11, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
[Discs 2-7]
Joy Street
May 12, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
Two Weeks Off
May 12, 1929
First National
Part-Talkie
Extant
Father and Son
May 13, 1929
Columbia
Part-Talkie
Lost
A Dangerous Woman
May 18, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Rainbow Man
May 18, 1929
Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
Prisoners
May 19, 1929
First National
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
[Discs 1-4, 6-7]
The Valiant
May 19, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Extant
The Bachelor Girl
May 20, 1929
Columbia
Part-Talkie
Lost
A Man's Man
May 25, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Audio-only
Border Romance
May 25, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
Innocents of Paris
May 25, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Man I Love
May 25, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Love at First Sight
May 26, 1929
Chesterfield Pictures
All-Talkie
Lost
The House of Secrets
May 26, 1929
Chesterfield Pictures
All-Talkie
Audio-only [Discs 1, 3, 5–7]
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
May 26, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Audio-only [Discs 6–7]
Broadway [ F 47]
May 27, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Extant
On With The Show [ F 48]
May 28, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
B/W only [color incomplete]
The Three Passions [ F 49]
June 1, 1929
United Artists
Synchronized Score
Extant [Discs 2–3 & 8]
The Studio Murder Mystery
June 1, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Piccadilly [ F 50]
June 1, 1929
British International Pictures
Part-Talkie
Extant
New Orleans
June 2, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
His Lucky Day
June 2, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Lost
Careers
June 2, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Extant
The One Woman Idea
June 2, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Part-Talkie
Lost
The Flying Marine
June 5, 1929
Columbia
Part-Talkie
Extant
She Goes to War
June 8, 1929
United Artists
Part-Talkie
Incomplete
The Trial of Mary Dugan
June 8, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
The Exalted Flapper
June 9, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
Two Men and a Maid
June 10, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
Part-Talkie
Audio-only [Discs 1&3]
Kitty [ F 51]
June 10, 1929
British International Pictures
Part-Talkie
Extant
The Four Feathers
June 12, 1929
Paramount
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Idle Rich
June 15, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
The Wheel of Life
June 15, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Thunderbolt
June 20, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
June 20, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
The Flying Fool
June 21, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Extant
This Is Heaven
June 22, 1929
United Artists
Part-Talkie
Audio-only [Discs 2–9]
Masked Emotions
June 23, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
The Girl in the Glass Cage
June 23, 1929
First National
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
The Fall of Eve
June 25, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Extant
The Gamblers
June 29, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
High Voltage
June 29, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Extant
Fashions in Love
June 29, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
River of Romance
June 29, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Come Across
June 30, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Extant
Broadway Babies
June 30, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Extant
Behind That Curtain
June 30, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Extant
Taxi for Two
July 1, 1929
Gainsborough Pictures
Part-Talkie
Lost
Divorce Made Easy
July 6, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Pals of the Prairie
July 7, 1929
FBO
Synchronized Score
Lost
The Man and the Moment
July 7, 1929
First National
Part-Talkie
Extant
College Love
July 7, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Lost
Black Magic
July 7, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Synchronized Score
Lost
Pleasure Crazed
July 7, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Thunder
July 8, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Incomplete
The Time, the Place and the Girl
July 8, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Wonder of Women
July 13, 1929
MGM
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
Dangerous Curves
July 13, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Masquerade
July 14, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Twin Beds
July 14, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
City of Play
July 15, 1929
Gainsborough Pictures
Part-Talkie
Extant
The Wrecker
July 17, 1929
Gainsborough Pictures
Synchronized Score
Extant
Modern Love
July 21, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Extant
Melody Lane
July 21, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Incomplete [Discs 1, 3, 5–8]
Drag
July 21, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Extant
Madonna of Avenue A
July 22, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
[Discs 1-6]
The Last of Ms Cheyney
July 26, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Evangeline
July 27, 1929
United Artists
Synchronized Score
Extant [Discs 1–2, 4–9]
Blackmail [ F 52]
July 28, 1929
British International Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
Port of Dreams
July 28, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Lost
Smiling Irish Eyes
July 28, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
The Trail of '98 [ F 53]
July 29, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
Midstream
July 29, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
Part-Talkie
Incomplete
Light Fingers
July 29, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Lost
The Single Standard
July 29, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
Street Girl
July 30, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
Midnight Daddies
August 3, 1929
Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
All-Talkie
Lost
Hungarian Rhapsody [ F 54]
August 3, 1929
Paramount / UFA
Synchronized Score
Incomplete
Paris Bound
August 3, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Extant
The Cocoanuts
August 3, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Chasing Through Europe
August 4, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Part-Talkie
Lost
The Love Trap
August 4, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Extant
Hard To Get
August 4, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
The College Coquette
August 5, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Lost
Say It With Songs
August 6, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Extant
The Awful Truth
August 10, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Lost
Half Marriage
August 10, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
August 10, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Dark Streets
August 11, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
The Dance of Life
August 16, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Charming Sinners
August 17, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Lucky in Love
August 17, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Lost
Madame X
August 17, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Lucky Star
August 18, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Part-Talkie
Silent version only
Words and Music
August 18, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
The Careless Age
August 18, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
[Discs 3-7]
Halleluiah
August 20, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Marianne [ F 55]
August 24, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
The Very Idea
August 24, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
The Soul of France [ F 56]
August 24, 1929
Paramount / Les Établissements Jacques Haïk
Synchronized Score
Lost
Our Modern Maidens
August 24, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
The Sophomore
August 24, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Silent version only [Discs extant]
Why Leave Home?
August 25, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Her Private Life
August 25, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Extant
Gold Diggers of Broadway [ F 57]
August 30, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Incomplete
The Greene Murder Case
August 31, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Girl in the Show
August 31, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Auld Lang Syne
September 1, 1929
Welsh-Pearson
Synchronized Score
Lost
The Drake Case
September 1, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Lost
Fast Life
September 1, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
[Discs 1-3]
Times Square
September 1, 1929
Lumas Film Corporation
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
[Disc 2 extant]
Salute
September 1, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Extant
The End of the Simpletons [ F 58]
September 2, 1929
Syncrocinex
All-Talkie
Extant
Under the Greenwood Tree
September 5, 1929
British International Pictures
All-Talkie
Lost
Whispering Winds
September 5, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
Part-Talkie
Lost
Big News
September 7, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Extant
Speedway
September 7, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
Big Time
September 7, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Extant
Fast Company
September 7, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Incomplete
The Letter
September 7, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Wagon Master
September 8, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Extant
Side Street
September 8, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
High Treason
September 9, 1929
Gaumont-British
All-Talkie
Extant
The Great Gabbo
September 12, 1929
Sono Art World Wide Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
Flight
September 13, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Extant
The Unholy Night
September 14, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Hearts in Exile
September 14, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
[Discs 6-9]
Sailor's Holiday
September 14, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Extant
Rio Rita
September 15, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Incomplete [1932 Re-release only; and 2 song numbers from original, uncut]
Hold Your Man
September 15, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Extant
The Great Divide
September 15, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Extant
Three Live Ghosts
September 15, 1929
United Artists
All-Talkie
Extant
The American Prisoner
September 16, 1929
British International Pictures
All-Talkie
Lost
Happy Days [ F 59]
September 17, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Full-screen only
[70mm version lost]
They Had to See Paris
September 18, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Extant
Honky Tonk
September 21, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Illusion
September 21, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Wise Girls
September 21, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
The Lady Lies
September 21, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Barnum Was Right
September 22, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Silent version only
The Delightful Rogue
September 22, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
The Girl from Havana
September 22, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
A Most Immoral Lady
September 22, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Jealousy
September 28, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Lost
The Hottentot
September 28, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
His Glorious Night
September 28, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Woman Trap
September 28, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Her Private Affair
September 28, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Extant
Tonight at Twelve
September 29, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Lost
Big Time
September 29, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
The Isle of Lost Ships
September 29, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Extant (Mute Film Print); Soundtrack Lost
Hurricane
September 30, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Extant
The Plaything
September 30, 1929
British International Pictures
Part-Talkie
Lost
Land Without Women [ 4]
September 30, 1929
Tobis
All-Talkie
Lost
The Broken Melody
October 1, 1929
Welsh-Pearson
Synchronized Score
Lost
White Cargo [ F 60]
October 1, 1929
Neo-Art Productions
Part-Talkie
Extant
The Devil's Maze
October 1, 1929
Gainsborough Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
Dark Red Roses
October 1, 1929
British Talking Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
Sunny Side Up
October 3, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Extant
Why Bring That Up?
October 4, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Argyle Case
October 5, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only [Discs 3, 5, 7, 9]
The Love Doctor
October 5, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant [Discs 1, 3, 5–6]
Evidence
October 5, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
The Trespasser
October 5, 1929
United Artists
All-Talkie
Extant
The Mysterious Island
October 5, 1929
MGM
Part-Talkie
Extant
One Hysterical Night
October 6, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Extant
The River [ F 61]
October 6, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Part-Talkie
Incomplete
Applause
October 7, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Frozen Justice
October 13, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Incomplete
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
October 13, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Film-only
The Last Performance
October 13, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Silent version only
Artificial Svensson [ 5]
October 14, 1929
AB Swedish Film Industry
Part-Talkie
Extant
Mister Antonio
October 15, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
In Old California
October 15, 1929
Argosy Film Co.
All-Talkie
Extant [Discs 1, 3, 5]
Howdy Broadway
October 16, 1929
Rayart Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
So Long Letty
October 16, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Extant
Sea Fury
October 16, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Lost
The Informer
October 17, 1929
British International Pictures
Part-Talkie
Extant
Welcome Danger
October 19, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Thirteenth Chair
October 19, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Oh Yeah
October 19, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Extant
Is Everybody Happy?
October 19, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Incomplete
Young Nowheres
October 20, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
The Phantom in the House
October 20, 1929
Continental Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
The Cock-Eyed World
October 20, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Extant
The Queen's Necklace [ 6]
October 22, 1929
Aubert Franco Film
Synchronized Score
Lost
In the Headlines
October 26, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only [Discs 1-7]
The Saturday Night Kid
October 26, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Night Parade
October 27, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
The Long Long Trail
October 27, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Extant
Married in Hollywood
October 27, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Incomplete
The Girl from Woolworth's
October 27, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Atlantic [ F 62]
October 28, 1929
Sud Film / British International Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
Jazz Heaven
October 30, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
Alf's Carpet
November 1, 1929
British International Pictures
Part-Talkie
Extant
The Three Masks [ F 63]
November 1, 1929
Pathé-Natan
All-Talkie
Extant
Woman to Woman
November 1, 1929
Gainsborough Pictures/ Tiffany
All-Talkie
Extant
To What Red Hell
November 1, 1929
Julius Hagen Productions
All-Talkie
Extant
Disraeli
November 1, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Extant
Sweetie
November 2, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Skin Deep
November 2, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
The Mississippi Gambler
November 3, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Extant
Love, Live and Laugh
November 3, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Condemned
November 3, 1929
United Artists
All-Talkie
Extant
Two O'Clock in the Morning
November 6, 1929
Bell Pictures Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Paris [ F 64]
November 7, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Footlights and Fools
November 8, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
So This Is College
November 8, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
The Racketeer
November 9, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Extant
The Sap
November 9, 1929
Warner Bros.
Part-Talkie
Audio-only
The Virginian
November 9, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
A Song of Kentucky
November 10, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Senor Americano
November 10, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Silent version only
Broadway Scandals
November 10, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Extant
Tanned Legs
November 10, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
The Forward Pass
November 10, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Romance of the Rio Grande
November 11, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Song of Love
November 13, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Extant
Those Who Love
November 15, 1929
British International Pictures
All-Talkie
Lost
Acquitted
November 15, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Extant
The Feather [ F 65]
November 15, 1929
Julius Hagen Productions
Synchronized Score
Lost
Atlantic [ F 66]
November 15, 1929
British International Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
The Mighty
November 16, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Locked Door
November 16, 1929
United Artists
All-Talkie
Extant
The Kiss [ F 67]
November 16, 1929
MGM
Synchronized Score
Extant
Skinner Steps Out
November 17, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Extant
Little Johnny Jones
November 17, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Shanghai Lady
November 17, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Lost
The Love Parade
November 19, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Painted Faces
November 20, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
The Show of Shows
November 21, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
B/W only [color incomplete]
Untamed
November 23, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Darkened Rooms
November 23, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Red Hot Rhythm
November 23, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Lost
Overland Bound
November 23, 1929
Rayart Pictures
All-Talkie
Lost
Under the Southern Cross
November 24, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Silent Version Extant
The Sacred Flame
November 24, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Nix on Dames
November 24, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
The Vagabond Lover
November 26, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
The Battle of Paris
November 30, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
It's You I Have Loved
November 30, 1929
Aafa Film
All-Talkie
Lost
The Taming of the Shrew
November 30, 1929
United Artists
All-Talkie
Extant
Auld Lang Syne
December 1, 1929
Paramount British Pictures
All-Talkie
Lost
The Hate Ship
December 1, 1929
British International Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
The Talk of Hollywood
December 1, 1929
Sono Art World Wide Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
Wall Street
December 1, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Audio-only [Disc 6 extant]
Seven Faces
December 1, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
The Painted Angel
December 1, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Audio-only [Discs 1–6, 8]
General Crack
December 3, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Silent version only [Discs 1–11]
It's a Great Life
December 6, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Rich People
December 7, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Extant
Glorifying the American Girl
December 7, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Shannons of Broadway
December 8, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Lost
South Sea Rose
December 8, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
The Love Racket
December 8, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Lost
Dark Skies
December 10, 1929
Biltmore Productions
All-Talkie
Lost
Hell's Heroes
December 12, 1929
Universal
All-Talkie
Extant
This Thing Called Love
December 13, 1929
Pathé
All-Talkie
Lost
Dynamite
December 13, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Half Way to Heaven
December 14, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Aviator
December 14, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Christina
December 15, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
Part-Talkie
Audio-only [Disc 2]
After the Fog
December 15, 1929
Beacon Productions
All-Talkie
Lost
The Broadway Hoofer
December 15, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Extant [Discs 5, 7]
Dance Hall
December 15, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
Melody of the Heart
December 16, 1929
UFA
All-Talkie
Extant
Navy Blues
December 20, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
The Lost Zeppelin
December 20, 1929
Tiffany Pictures
All-Talkie
Extant
The Marriage Playground
December 21, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Pointed Heels
December 21, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
Tiger Rose
December 21, 1929
Warner Bros.
All-Talkie
Extant
Courtin' Wildcats
December 22, 1929
Universal
Part-Talkie
Extant
Hot For Paris
December 22, 1929
Fox Film Corporation
All-Talkie
Lost
Splinters [ 7]
December 23, 1929
British and Dominions Films
All-Talkie
Extant
Sally
December 23, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
B/W only [color incomplete]
The Night Belongs to Us
December 23, 1929
Froelich-Film GmbH
All-Talkie
Extant
Hit the Deck
December 25, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Audio-only
Seven Keys to Baldplate
December 25, 1929
RKO
All-Talkie
Extant
Mexicali Rose
December 26, 1929
Columbia
All-Talkie
Extant
Say It with Music [ 8]
December 26, 1929
Minevra Film
Part-Talkie
Film-only
The Co-Optimists
December 27, 1929
Gordon Craig Productions
All-Talkie
Lost
Their Own Desire
December 27, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
Devil-May-Care
December 27, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
His First Command
December 28, 1929
Pathe
All-Talkie
Extant
The Laughing Lady
December 28, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
New York Nights
December 28, 1929
United Artists
All-Talkie
Extant
Seven Days Leave
December 28, 1929
Paramount
All-Talkie
Extant
The Royal Box [ F 68]
December 29, 1929
Warner Bros. / National-Filmverleih GmbH
All-Talkie
Lost
Wedding Rings
December 29, 1929
First National
All-Talkie
Lost
Blaze o' Glory
December 30, 1929
Sono Art World Wide Pictures
All-Talkie
Audio-only
The Bishop Murder Case
December 31, 1929
MGM
All-Talkie
Extant
See also
Notes
^ The first feature film to be released with a Vitaphone score and sound effects track.
^ Silent version released on November 23, 1926.
^ The music and sound effects track were recorded with General Electric Kinegraphone (later known as RCA Photophone ) for limited release at a dozen theaters.
^ Silent version released on May 6, 1927.
^ The first feature film to feature dialogue and singing sequences.
^ The first feature film to include a scene filmed in Movietone.
^ The first sound film with scripted dialogue scenes.
^ Silent version released on March 6, 1928.
^ FBO became the second studio to release a part talkie.
^ The first 'all talking' feature film.
^ Silent version released on May 17, 1928.
^ The MGM lion roars for the first time in sound, in MGM's first sound film.
^ Silent version released on March 23, 1928.
^ Released with Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie .
^ Silent version released on November 4, 1927.
^ Instead of opening titles, the credits are spoken by a caped and masked Conrad Nagel .
^ The first part talkie to include multiple scenes filmed in Movietone.
^ Silent version released on April 19, 1927.
^ Silent version released on June 20, 1928.
^ Soon after release, the film was pulled from distribution and the final two reels were refilmed with sound without Murnau's input. It was re-released on June 15, 1929.
^ Silent version released on August 3, 1928.
^ Soon after release, Warner Bros pulled it from release and re-edited some of the talking sequences.
^ The first feature film shot in Technicolor to include a soundtrack.
^ The film was originally released as a silent on April 19, 1928. It was then pulled from release and dialogue scenes were added.
^ Silent version released on April 27, 1928.
^ Originally filmed a silent; it was completely remade in sound with the direction by Roy Pomeroy.
^ A four reel condensed version was located in Italy.
^ The film was originally released as a silent on April 7, 1928. It was then pulled from release and dialogue scenes were added.
^ First all talking feature with outdoor location filming.
^ Silent version released on November 4, 1928.
^ The first sound film produced in Europe to be released.
^ Silent version released on March 22, 1928.
^ The first feature film to include a Technicolor insert filmed in sound.
^ Silent version released on the August 29, 1928.
^ Columbia was the last of the Hollywood majors to release a part talkie.
^ Louise Brooks was dubbed and doubled by Margaret Livingston when the film was reworked for sound.
^ The first sound feature film shot in the United Kingdom.
^ Silent version released on September 15, 1928.
^ Edited re-release, originally released as a serial in 1927.
^ Originally released as a ten chapter serial in 1927, the film was re-edited to feature length for its re-release in 1929.
^ Silent version released on January 27, 1929.
^ First all talking feature film filmed in RCA Photophone.
^ Some sequences were dubbed, using the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process
^ Florence Vidor was dubbed by actress Nella Walker .
^ Silent version released in August 1928.
^ The first 'all talking' British feature, although it was filmed in the United States.
^ A specially designed camera crane was used for some scenes.
^ First all talking feature shot entirely in Technicolor.
^ Silent version released on December 12, 1928.
^ Silent version released in February 1929; reissued in the United States with a sound prologue.
^ The second half of the film was shot in sound at RKO Studios in Hollywood, due to the lack of suitable facilities in the United Kingdom at the time.
^ The first all talking feature film shot in the United Kingdom to be released.
^ Silent version released on March 20, 1928.
^ Silent version released on November 5, 1928.
^ A silent version was produced first, before the film was remade in sound.
^ Silent version released on April 26, 1928.
^ Several Technicolor fragments exist in various archives.
^ The first 'all talking' film produced and released in Brazil.
^ The first feature film to be shot in Widescreen, in the Fox Grandeur 70mm film process.
^ Silent version released in May 1929.
^ Silent version released on December 22, 1928.
^ The first 'all talking' German language film.
^ The first 'all talking' French language film.
^ Fragments of footage were found in the BFI national archive.
^ This film was produced in the United Kingdom by Julius Hagen Productions and distributed by United Artists.
^ Also made in German, French, and silent versions. This was also the first all talking German language film to be released.
^ The last silent feature to be released by a 'major' Hollywood studio.
^ The first foreign-language talkie to be made in the United States.
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