An account of the coming of sound and its impact upon the stars, directors, producers and the films of Hollywood in the late 1920s. Warner Brothers marketed Al Jolson in 'The jazz Singer' aggressively, and Eyman documents the industrial and artistic resistance to the new technology. Lee De Forest, Phonofilm, Vitaphone, Thomas Edison, Don Juan, Mary Astor, John Barrymore, F.W. Murnau, Sunrise, May McAvoy, King Vidor, Lionel Barrymore, John Gilbert, Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett, Ernst Lubitsch, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Harold Lloyd, Bessie Love, William Wyler.
| Item number | 31147 |
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| Category | Book |
| Type | Criticism/History |
| Dimensions | h 240mm; w 164mm; d 32mm |
| Language | English |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Related people | Scott Eyman (Author) |
Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection