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In 1927, a milestone in film history occurred, Al Jolson starred in The Jazz Singer, considered to be Hollywood's 1st talkie. Adding a musical score and a few spoken lines to the moving picture was a large hit. However, it threw some people in the film business out of work. Big names. Silent movie stars. And everyday people like Ray de Steiger. He wasn't famous like several of the others but he lost his job just the same. You see, he played piano in the local movie theaters for the silent movies. Now that sound was a part of the picture there was no need for his piano playing talents.