Lets go to the movies. For more than half a century, these words have meant an invitation to magic. The magic of moving pictures. The spinning of dreams in a darkened theater. For three decades, the dreams were silent ones. The magic of movement alone. Then suddenly, on a night in october 1927, a voice was heard from the screen. Proclaiming a fabulous era in hollywood. The night the movies became the talkies with the premiere of a jazz singer and the voice of al jolson. Its interesting the first sound Motion Picture was a musical in which al jolson only sang and the reason for that is they said, well, who wants to hear actors talk. Most of the running time its a silent film using titles with an orchestra score. Every once in a while the orchestra stops and jolson pops up and starts singing. Wonderful tales are always hard to find some folks have one some folks have none jolson always talked to his audience. He was known for his patter. And specifically, his catch phrase which hed been
Flight. Well, there is of course parallel even in ancient history, mika. Of course, cesar would have never crossed the rubicon, but by that point in his reign he had control of the steam ships and made all of the difference. Sure did. His rise in ancient rome. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to morning joe. It is monday, july the 8th. With us we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. White house reporter for the Associated Press, Jonathan Lemire. Former aide to the george w. Bush white house and state Department Elise Jordan and the president of the National Action network, reverend al sharpton. Great to have you all. Theres a lot already happening on this monday morning. Joe biden apologizes for how he described his past work with segregationist senators. But reminds everyone of his record serving with president obama. Billionaire convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will appear in Manhattan Federal Court today, arrested over the weekend in connection with what Law Enforcement Offici
Lets go to the movies. For more than half a century, these words have meant an invitation to magic. The magic of moving pictures. The spinning of dreams in a darkened theater. For three decades, the dreams were silent ones. The magic of movement alone. Then suddenly, on a night in october 1927, a voice was heard from the screen. Proclaiming a fabulous era in hollywood. The night the movies became the talkies with the premiere of a jazz singer and the voice of al jolson. Its interesting the first sound Motion Picture was a musical in which al jolson only sang and the reason for that is they said, well, who wants to hear actors talk. Most of the running time its a silent film using titles with an orchestra score. Every once in a while the orchestra stops and jolson pops up and starts singing. Wonderful tales are always hard to find some folks have one some folks have none jolson always talked to his audience. It was one of the things he was known for was his patter. And specifically, his
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