After the advent of the talkies in the latter part of the twenties, there was a rapid growth in cinemas.
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The development of film industries throughout the world was not enormously dissimilar until the invention of the "talkie".
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Does that mean that none of the ships already fitted with silent machines can be used for "talkies" in any way?
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There is now the "talkie," a mechanical competitor with the stage which is becoming almost indistinguishable from it, the more it is improved.
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It was built for silent movies, perhaps rather late in the silent movie era, and the equipment for talkies was fitted later.
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There is plenty oftalkie-talkie, but not much action.
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Yet upon the knowledge thus secured rests the whole of the radio industry, broadcasting, the "talkies," radiolocation and a host of other applications.
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