The Birth of the Talkies From Edison to Joison

From the Preface: Few if any events have had greater impact on the history of film than the coming of the talkies, film historians have paid relatively little attention to how and why the transition from silent to sound cinema came about. It is hoped that the present work will provide the factual gr...

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Autor principal: Geduld, Harry M. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press 1975
[1975]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1: Invention of the phonograph
  • 2: Application of the phonograph
  • 3: Sound-on-film : Fritts to De Forest
  • 4: Voice of Vitaphone
  • 5: You ain't heard nothin' yet!
  • 6: Lights of New York and sounds of Hollywood
  • 7: End of the beginning
  • Appendix A : Spectrum of opinion, 1928-29
  • Appendix B : Hollywood sound feature films produced in 1929
  • Appendix C : Sound-on-disk patents, 1897-1927
  • Appendix D : Patents for major sound-on-film developments through 1927
  • Appendix E : Patent appeal docket : Lee De Forest v Tri-Ergon
  • Notes
  • Index.