A year after The Jazz Singer changed the movie industry by putting some talkie sequences in a mostly silent picture, the studio behind that-Warner Bros.-would then film the first entirely talking one called by the above title. The plot involves bootleggers, a murder, and a couple wanting to get out of the city. Not very original even then but the novelty of an entire film with not only dialogue but a musical score playing most of the time (though many talkies after that would only have music for beginning and end credits only for a few years on) must have attracted many audiences to the point of them wanting only talkies from then on. The performances are mostly stiff but that's probably because mics had to be hidden in certain places so when the actors are speaking clearly and loudly they could be perfectly heard even when the music is playing. The only player I recognized was Eugene Pallette especially when he used his distinctive voice. Despite what I just cited, I was pretty entertained by this. So I recommend Lights of New York for historical purposes.