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The Speed of Sound
Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930 (livre en anglais)
de Scott Eyman
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Description de l'ouvrage :
From acclaimed author Scott Eyman comes the fascinating story of how the transition from silent films to ‘talkies’ transformed Hollywood.
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, 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.
À propos de l'auteur :
Scott Eyman is the author or coauthor of eighteen books, including the bestseller John Wayne and Pieces of My Heart and You Must Remember This with actor Robert Wagner. Eyman, formerly the literary critic at The Palm Beach Post, also writes book reviews for The Wall Street Journal, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. He and his wife, Lynn, live in West Palm Beach.
Revue de Presse :
"One of the best books I’ve ever read on any facet of American film history." -- James Curtis, author of Spencer Tracy: A Biography
"An admirably clear and vivid journey through Hollywood's most turbulent era." -- Kevin Brownlow, author of The Parade's Gone By...
"The transition from silent film to sound has been covered in many histories of Hollywood but nowhere so thoroughly and delightfully as here." ― Library Journal
"Eyman tells this story with wit and skill, detailing a surprisingly overlooked but crucial period in Hollywood history." ― Kirkus Reviews
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