In 1929, Williams was hired by producer Al Christie to create the dialogue for a series of two-reel comedy films with all-black casts. Williams gained the trust of Christie and was eventually appointed the responsibility to create "The Melancholy Dame". This film is considered the first black talkie. The films, which played on racial stereotypes and used grammatically tortured dialogue, included "The Framing of the Shrew", "The Lady Fare", "Melancholy Dame", (first Paramount all African-American cast "talkie"), "Music Hath Charms", and "Oft in the Silly Night". Williams wore many hats at Christie's; he was a sound technician, wrote many of the scripts and was assistant director for many of the films. He was also hired to cast African-Americans for Gloria Swanson's "Queen Kelly" (1928) and produced the silent film "Hot Biscuits" in the same year. Williams also did some work for Columbia as the supervisor of their "Africa Speaks" recordings. Williams was also active in theater productions, taking a role in the all African-American version of "Lulu Belle" in 1929.