Noun
talking picture (plural talking pictures)
(cinematography, dated) A motion picture that features an audio accompaniment, thus allowing the characters' speech to be heard by the audience (as well as a musical score).
Synonyms: talkie, talking film, talking movie
Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher. Pauline Kael
The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event. Gloria Swanson
I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
I have a lot to be sad about. Not bitter in any way. But I think it can be fairly said that I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture. Joseph L. Mankiewicz