The Coming of Sound: A HistoryPsychology Press, 2005 - 181 pages The coming of sound to film was an event whose importance can hardly be overestimated; sound transformed not only the Hollywood film industry but all of world cinema as well. As economic and film historian Douglas Gomery explains, the business of film became not only bigger but much more complex. As sound spread its power, the talkies became an agent of economic and social change through the globe, extending America's reach in ways that had never before been imaginable. This is an essential work for anyone interested in early film, film history and economics, and the history of the American media. |
Table des matières
Order and Profit Not Chaos | 1 |
The Warner Bros Innovate Sound | 23 |
William Fox Innovates Sound | 47 |
Paramount and Loews Wait and Then Make Their Deal | 63 |
The Failure of All Others | 77 |
Diffusion of Sound Throughout the World | 105 |
Mopping up the Loose Ends | 139 |
Endnotes | 155 |
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