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The Speed of Sound: Hollywood
and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930
by Scott Eyman
Johns Hopkins Univ Press,
1999, 432 pages |
A readable and entertaining book that captures
the tenor and the terror as panicked studio executives and theater owners
made the investment in sound, huge stars underwent humiliating voice auditions,
and technicians searched for ways to conceal microphones and otherwise
adjust to the new technology.
The
Speed of Sound : Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930 is
avaible at Internet bookstores as Amazon
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