| A | B |
|---|
| sound-on-film | Movietone System |
| sound-on-disc | Vitaphone Process |
| Don Juan (1926) | first film to utilize Vitaphone Process |
| Vitaphone Process | synchronized a phonograph record with a film projector |
| Problems with early sound | costly, new studios and new equipment, rewire for sound |
| The Jazz Singer (1927) | the world's first talkie |
| Movietone System | added a soundtrack directly onto strip of film |
| Sunrise (1927) | first feature film to use Movietone |
| Sunrise (1927) | first feature film with an actual sound track |
| Lights of New York (1928) | first American all-talking film |
| Blackmail (1929) | first British all-talking film |
| Technicolor | more advanced system to colorize motion pictures |
| The Gulf Between (1917) | first and only film to use Technicolor Process 1 |
| The Toll of the Sea (1922) | first feature film to use Technicolor Process 2 |
| Technicolor Process 1 | two color additive system |
| Technicolor Process 2 | two color subtractive system |
| Technicolor Process 3 | dye transfer system eliminating double cemented prints |
| Technicolor Process 4 | accurately produces the full spectrum of color |
| The Viking (1928) | first feature film to use Technicolor Process 3 |
| Flowers and Trees (1932) | first film to shoot in Technicolor Process 4 |
