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The speed of sound : Hollywood and the talkie revolution, 1926-1930

Eyman, Scott, 1951-

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\"The Speed of Sound is the epic story of the transition from silent films to talkies, a turbulent time in Hollywood history. Myth has it that it happened overnight, that Al Jolson said a few words in The Jazz Singer and the talkies were born, that stars with weak or inappropriate voices either killed themselves or went into seclusion, that the movie industry simply refitted itself and went on with business. The truth, however, is more involved--not to mention sinister, colorful, and entertaining. Certainly sound marked the end of moviemaking as its first creators had known it; their careers and those of many others who had been celebrated during Hollywood's silent era were over. But as Scott Eyman demonstrates in his fascinating account, it was also a time when the American film industry came fully into its own, and when the American film-going public truly succeumbed to Hollywood's bewitching spell\"--Page 4 of cover.

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
• Subject: Sound motion pictures History. / Sound motion pictures.
• ISBN: 1501103830, 9781501103834

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PN1995.7.E96 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE