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Title: The Speed of Sound
Subtitle: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926 - 1930
Author: Scott Eyman
Narrator: Adams Morgan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-15-09
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 45 votes
Genres: History, American
Publisher's Summary:
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.
Critic Reviews:
"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
