sound film

American  

noun

1. a film on which sound has been or is to be recorded, as for the soundtrack of a motion picture.

2. sound motion picture.

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Etymology

Origin of sound film

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

“I Have Sinned” was the first Yiddish sound film made in Poland.

From The Wall Street Journal

If the title holds much resonance today it’s because it was remade in 1939 as a sound film starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.

From The Wall Street Journal

A native of Sweden, Garbo starred in both silent and sound films with iconic roles in “Ninotchka,” “Camille,” “Queen Christie” and “Mata Hari.”

From Los Angeles Times

Lubitsch, who was born in Berlin, directed 72 movies over four decades, including silent films in the 1910s and sound films starting in the 1920s.

From Los Angeles Times

That film, along with “Ben-Hur,” had not yet been made as a sound film.

From New York Times