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.
Over the years, Douglas Gomery's essays on the coming of sound have
been key documents in the study of film. Revisiting and amplifying
them in the light of new archival research, he has produced a book
that provides important historical insight into such topics as the
development of movie chains, the early history of Warner Brothers
and Fox, and the struggle for control of sound itself.
This will be an essential work for anyone interested in early film,
film history and economics, and the history of the American media.
Also includes an eight page insert.
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