talking picture

noun

Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.

Origin of talking picture

1905-1910

First recorded in 1905-10

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One admissions officer likes to tell the story of how one family sent her a talking picture frame.

Private School Parents Confess Kathleen Kingsbury February 10, 2009

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Yes, or nobody could have painted a talking picture of them.

The Talking Leaves William O. Stoddard
What about those cornet solos, and the talking picture stunt, and the act you were going to put on the programme?

The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park Victor Appleton

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