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Line 41: On 6 October 1927, Warner Brothers released ''[[The Jazz Singer (1927 film)\|The Jazz Singer]]'' with [[Al Jolson]] in Vitaphone and is often incorrectly credited as the first talking picture. ''The Jazz Singer'' was the first [[feature film]] to use synchronized sound for talking sequences rather than just for music and sound effects, and thus launched the [[talkie]] era, but DeForest's sound-on-film system was in fact the basis for modern sound movies. InThe [[Movietone sound system\|Fox Movietone]] sound-on-film system was first demonstrated to the public at the [[Sam H. Harris\|\|Sam H. Harris Theatre]] in New York City on January 21, 1927. A short film of preceded the feature film ''[[What Price Glory? (1926 film)\|What Price Glory?]]''<ref>Edwin M. Bradley, ''The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932'' (McFarland, 2004) p6</ref>Later in 1927, producer William Fox introduced sound-on-film ~~Fox Movietone~~ with the feature film ''[[Sunrise (film)\|Sunrise]]'' by [[F. W. Murnau]],. ~~and in~~In 1928, the sound-on-film process RCA Photophone was adopted by newly -created studio [[RKO Radio Pictures]] and by [[Paramount Pictures]]. ==Phonofilm in the UK==