Although Makino was in the depth of despair, he started the study on talkie films as early as in November of the same year, only one year after the world's first talkie film "Jazz Singer" was produced in Hollywood and released across the U.S.
失意のどん底に墜ちた牧野はしかし、同年11月、ハリウッドで世界初のトーキー映画『ジャズ・シンガー』（1927年）の全米公開からわずか1年ではやくもトーキーの研究を始める。