AT&T invented the technology that brought sound to Hollywood in the
1920s.
Originally, sound for a motion picture was recorded on disks, then replayed
on a large turntable that was synchronized with a film projector. Warner
Brothers became the first studio to adopt the new technology, calling it
"Vitaphone." In 1926, Warners Brothers premiered
Don Juan, the first full length Vitaphone film, and the first with a
synchronized sound track of music and audio effects. A year later, The
Jazz Singer became the first feature with synchronized singing and
dialog. By the early 1930s, sound-on-disk had given way to
sound-on-film, which was easier to edit and exhibit. AT&T pioneered in
sound-on-film as well.

