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History Where it all Started The first ever Hollywood Musical was introduced in the 1920's. In 1927 Alan Crosland directed The Jazz Singer featuring the infamous painted face of Al Jolson, which not only proved to be a box office success, but it was a major breakthrough in American Cinema. Warner Brothers Studios had developed the vitaphone. A sound-on-disc system which gave the traditional silent movie a voice. Sound in films, until this point, was completely unheard off. This was the beginning of something huge. The Jazz Singer caused a sensation amongst cinema goers everywhere. The majority of cinemas actually showed it as a silent film because they were not yet equipped with the new sound system, but by 1928 and the introduction of Jolson's second film The Singing Fool, most cinemas were showing it with sound which set box office takings for the next 11 years only until it was taken...

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