The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931

The Talkies offers readers a rare look at the time when sound was a vexing challenge for filmmakers and the source of contentious debate for audiences and critics. Donald Crafton presents a panoramic view of the talkies' reception as well as in-depth looks at sound design in selected films, filmmaking practices, censorship, issues of race, and the furious debate over cinema aesthetics that erupted once the movies began to speak.

• Author
• Donald Crafton

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 651

• Series
• History of the American Cinema

• Publisher
• University of California Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780520221284

• Genres
• film

• Release date
• 1999