<P> The Jazz Singer had its European sound premiere at the Piccadilly Theatre in London on September 27, 1928 . According to film historian Rachael Low, "Many in the industry realized at once that a change to sound production was inevitable ." On January 16, 1929, the first European feature film with a synchronized vocal performance and recorded score premiered: the German production Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame (I Kiss Your Hand, Madame). Dialogueless, it contains only a few songs performed by Richard Tauber . The movie was made with the sound - on - film system controlled by the German - Dutch firm Tobis, corporate heirs to the Tri-Ergon concern . With an eye toward commanding the emerging European market for sound film, Tobis entered into a compact with its chief competitor, Klangfilm, a joint subsidiary of Germany's two leading electrical manufacturers . Early in 1929, Tobis and Klangfilm began comarketing their recording and playback technologies . As ERPI began to wire theaters around Europe, Tobis - Klangfilm claimed that the Western Electric system infringed on the Tri-Ergon patents, stalling the introduction of American technology in many places . Just as RCA had entered the movie business to maximize its recording system's value, Tobis also established its own production operations . </P> <P> During 1929, most of the major European filmmaking countries began joining Hollywood in the changeover to sound . Many of the trend - setting European talkies were shot abroad as production companies leased studios while their own were being converted or as they deliberately targeted markets speaking different languages . One of Europe's first two feature - length dramatic talkies was created in still a different sort of twist on multinational moviemaking: The Crimson Circle was a coproduction between director Friedrich Zelnik's Efzet - Film company and British Sound Film Productions (BSFP). In 1928, the film had been released as the silent Der Rote Kreis in Germany, where it was shot; English dialogue was apparently dubbed in much later using the De Forest Phonofilm process controlled by BSFP's corporate parent . It was given a British trade screening in March 1929, as was a part - talking film made entirely in the UK: The Clue of the New Pin, a British Lion production using the sound - on - disc British Photophone system . In May, Black Waters, a British and Dominions Film Corporation promoted as the first UK all - talker, received its initial trade screening; it had been shot completely in Hollywood with a Western Electric sound - on - film system . None of these pictures made much impact . </P> <P> The first successful European dramatic talkie was the all - British Blackmail . Directed by twenty - nine - year - old Alfred Hitchcock, the movie had its London debut June 21, 1929 . Originally shot as a silent, Blackmail was restaged to include dialogue sequences, along with a score and sound effects, before its premiere . A British International Pictures (BIP) production, it was recorded on RCA Photophone, General Electric having bought a share of AEG so they could access the Tobis - Klangfilm markets . Blackmail was a substantial hit; critical response was also positive--notorious curmudgeon Hugh Castle, for example, called it "perhaps the most intelligent mixture of sound and silence we have yet seen ." </P> <P> On August 23, the modest - sized Austrian film industry came out with a talkie: G'schichten aus der Steiermark (Stories from Styria), an Eagle Film--Ottoton Film production . On September 30, the first entirely German - made feature - length dramatic talkie, Das Land ohne Frauen (Land Without Women), premiered . A Tobis Filmkunst production, about one - quarter of the movie contained dialogue, which was strictly segregated from the special effects and music . The response was underwhelming . Sweden's first talkie, Konstgjorda Svensson (Artificial Svensson), premiered on October 14 . Eight days later, Aubert Franco - Film came out with Le Collier de la reine (The Queen's Necklace), shot at the Épinay studio near Paris . Conceived as a silent film, it was given a Tobis - recorded score and a single talking sequence--the first dialogue scene in a French feature . On October 31, Les Trois masques debuted; a Pathé - Natan film, it is generally regarded as the initial French feature talkie, though it was shot, like Blackmail, at the Elstree studio, just outside London . The production company had contracted with RCA Photophone and Britain then had the nearest facility with the system . The Braunberger - Richebé talkie La Route est belle, also shot at Elstree, followed a few weeks later . </P>

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