The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie revolution 1926-1930. paper 432 p., 40 illus.
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A chronicle of the transition from silent films to talkies. Debunking themyth that Hollywood was transformed overnight in the wake of the popularityof "The Jazz Singer" in 1927, Eyman shows how the industry at first resistedand then only reluctantly accepted the arrival of sound.
