Question

Name and describe the first silent film. In what year was sound added to films?

Answer 1

The sound was added in 1926

Answer 2

Vitaphone, as this system was now called, was publicly introduced on August 6, 1926, with the premiere of the nearly three-hour-long Don Juan; the first feature-length movie to employ a synchronized sound system of any type throughout, its soundtrack contained a musical score and added sound effects, but no recorded