sound film

American

noun

a film on which sound has been or is to be recorded, as for the soundtrack of a motion picture.
sound motion picture.

Etymology

Origin of sound film

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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But Lubitsch envisioned, as no one else did, what might come of marrying sound films with a modified form of operetta.

From The Wall Street Journal

What it says about America: The music industry had just emerged from decades of turmoil caused by expiring recording patents, the rise of radio, the Great Depression and the disruption of sound films.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I Have Sinned” was the first Yiddish sound film made in Poland.

From The Wall Street Journal

If the title holds much resonance today it’s because it was remade in 1939 as a sound film starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.

From The Wall Street Journal

A native of Sweden, Garbo starred in both silent and sound films with iconic roles in “Ninotchka,” “Camille,” “Queen Christie” and “Mata Hari.”

From Los Angeles Times

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