light of new york be the first all talk feature film . there have be and of course and the jazz singer and release in oct. 1927 a the first feature film incorporate synchronize dialog . however and this film release in july 1928 be virtually unremembered for it place in film history . it have start out a a short and but gradually more be tack on until clock in at 58 minute it accidentally become the first all talk feature film . it open to a grind house run and to warner bros. surprise and make over a million dollar . that be good money back in 1928. the plot be quite simple . two country barber naively buy into a barber shop on broadway that front a a speak easy for the hawk and a gangster . when they learn the truth they can not afford to get out and because the young barber and eddie and have all of his mother money tie up in the place . kitty be the young barber girlfriend and and gangster hawk ( wheeler oakman ) have an eye for turn in his old girlfriend ( gladys brockwell ) for a new model chorus girl kitty ( helene costello ) . a cop be kill while try to stop the hawk men from unload a shipment of bootleg liquor and and the hawk see it a an opportunity to frame eddie and thus get kitty for himself . this early talkie be load of fun for the enthusiast of these pioneer work . sure and the plot be elementary and the dialog stilted and but there be something you do not see much of in early talkie background musical scoring . vitaphone have originally be use for this very purpose and and here they be still use it for musical accompaniment along with the dialog . and there be sing and dance number . the scene in hawk nightclub be use a an opportunity to show off what film could never do before musical number . there be even a wild eyed emcee with some heavy makeup leave over from the silent era that be a hoot to watch . vitaphone could not go outdoors at this point due to the static camera booth and so the scene in the park between the two lover eddie and kitty be simulate and cheaply . the greenery look like something out of an ed wood movie or perhaps a high school production of our town . gladys brockwell and a the hawk castoff girlfriend and deliver her line with punch . she a real trooper consider what line she have to deliver . to the hawk so you think you can have any chicken you want and throw me back in the deck . huh . mixed metaphor anyone . and then there be her final line i have live and and i have love and and i have lose . do someone get pay to write this dialog . brockwell be make a good success of her talkie career after score some triumph in silent film ( the evil sister in seventh heaven ) and when a fatal car accident cut her career short . then there be eugene palette the old of the two barber in our story . his frog voice and natural delivery of line and and cuddly appearance give him a long career a a character actor usually appear a a put upon family man or businessman with a gruff exterior and heart of gold . in fact and mr. palette be the only member of this cast who still have a notable career in film just three year after this movie be release . finally there be the question of where be that microphone hidden . microphone be still stationary at this point and and it fun to figure out where they have hide it . there be one famous scene and though and where everybody can pretty much figure it out . hawk be in his office talk to his two henchman who seem to comprehend as slowly a they talk about take eddie for a ride . if you watch this scene you would swear the phone on the desk be a character in this film . it front and center during the whole conversation . the microphone be likely plant in the phone . there be something heroic about these pioneer fly blind in the face of the new technology of sound . you have silent actor who be accustom to use pantomime for expression and vaudevillian who know how to play to a live audience but do not know how to make the same impression on a vitaphone camera booth and and you have dialog writer either try to write conversation as compactly a they do title card or fill up film with endless chatter . check this one out . it be not boring and move fast and and be load of fun if you know what to look for . and no and i do not expect this one to ever be out on blu ray and but i hope that the folk at warner brother add it to the warner archive soon so everyone can see it .