text: what movie had the 1st talkie and what was the 1st word?   history was made in new york on october 6th, 1927 when the very first spoken voice in a feature film was heard.  the voice belonged to al jolson and the ground breaking movie – the jazz singer. the reaction by the theatre audience was immediate – they rose to their feet, applauding ecstatically. the moment came in the middle of the film when, during a nightclub scene, jolson suddenly spoke.    the first words ever spoken in a movie were, “wait a minute, wait a minute. you ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” the words were truly prophetic in light of the massive advances taken in the realms of movie sound since that time.