Cinema's conversion to sound: technology and film style in France and the U.S.

Charles O'Brien

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Table of Contents:: Sound's impact on film style : the case for homogenization
Film history after recorded sound : from crisis to continuity
The talkies in France : imported films as exemplars
Sound-era film editing : international norms, local commitments
Shooting and recording in Paris and Hollywood
Hollywood indigenized : pathé-natan and national popular cinema
Conclusion: sound and national film style
past and present.
Author/Creator:: O'Brien, Charles, 1955-
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: Cinema's conversion to sound: technology and film style in France and the U.S. [by O'Brien, C.]
Subjects:: Sound motion pictures — History
Motion pictures — France — History
Motion pictures — United States — History
Sound — Recording and reproducing — France — History — 20th century
Sound — Recording and reproducing — United States — History — 20th century
1900-1999
Motion pictures
Sound — Recording and reproducing
Sound
Sound motion pictures
United States
France
Genres:: History
General Notes:: Includes filmography: p. [191]-186.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-190) and index.
Physical Description:: xi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Numbers:: PN1995.7 .O27 2005
ISBNs:: 0253344638 (alk. paper)
0253217202 (pbk., alk. paper)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:: 2004009891
OCLC Numbers:: 55044631