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The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930

The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930


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About the Book

It was the end of an era--it was a turbulent, colorful, and altogether remarkable period, four short years in which America's most popular industry reinvented itself. Here is the epic story of the transition from silent films to talkies, that moment when movies were totally transformed and the American public cemented its love affair with Hollywood. As Scott Eyman demonstrates in his fascinating account of this exciting era, it was a time when fortunes, careers, and lives were made and lost, and when the American film industry came fully into its own. In this mixture of cultural and social history that is both scholarly and vastly entertaining, Eyman dispels the myths and gives us the missing chapter in the history of Hollywood--the ribbon of dreams by which America conquered the world.

About the Author :
Scott Eyman is a film historian, biographer, and New York Times author of more than a dozen books. Formerly the literary critic at the Palm Beach Post, he writes book reviews for the Wall Street Journal and also has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. Adams Morgan is a theater-trained actor who has appeared in venues around the United States. He has also narrated for National Public Radio and performed radio dramas and historical reenactments. He lives in New York City.

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"Anyone with an interest in accurate film history or a desire to know what really happened in the era of the transition to sound would enjoy this book. You ain't read nothing like it yet." -- "Washington Post" "Eyman captures the tenor and the terror of the times...A fascinating account of what Eyman terms 'the destruction of one great art and the creation of another.'" -- "Booklist" "Eyman combines a historian's zeal for detail and context with a storyteller's talent for the perfect illustrative anecdote...A remarkable book that belongs in every film history collection." -- "Library Journal" "Eyman is particularly good at conveying the beauty of the fully developed art that was silent cinema...Eyman tells this story with wit and skill, detailing a surprisingly overlooked but crucial period in Hollywood history." -- "Kirkus Reviews"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786160235
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 95 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0786160233
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 1998
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 188 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930
  • Width: 139 mm


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