LEADER 03001oam 22004334a 450 001 9910524857103321 005 20230802153912.0 010 $a0-253-05347-1 035 $a(CKB)5600000000001652 035 $a(OCoLC)1233217767 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse92623 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88339 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000001652 100 $a20210128d1975 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Birth of the Talkies$eFrom Edison to Joison /$fHarry M. Geduld 210 $cIndiana University Press$d1975 210 1$aBloomington :$cIndiana University Press,$d[1975] 210 4$dİ[1975] 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource xiii, 337 pages) $cillustrations 327 $aPreface -- 1: Invention of the phonograph -- 2: Application of the phonograph -- 3: Sound-on-film : Fritts to De Forest -- 4: Voice of Vitaphone -- 5: You ain't heard nothin' yet! -- 6: Lights of New York and sounds of Hollywood -- 7: End of the beginning -- Appendix A : Spectrum of opinion, 1928-29 -- Appendix B : Hollywood sound feature films produced in 1929 -- Appendix C : Sound-on-disk patents, 1897-1927 -- Appendix D : Patents for major sound-on-film developments through 1927 -- Appendix E : Patent appeal docket : Lee De Forest v Tri-Ergon -- Notes -- Index. 330 $aFrom the Preface: Few if any events have had greater impact on the history of film than the coming of the talkies, film historians have paid relatively little attention to how and why the transition from silent to sound cinema came about. It is hoped that the present work will provide the factual groundwork for repairing that neglect. Its emphasis is on the history of American contributions to the evolution of the sound film, but significant foreign achievements have not been overlooked. The book surveys the events that led from the invention of the phonograph in 1877 to that momentous evening in 1927 when an audience at the Warner's Theatre in New York City saw and heard Al Jolson speak from the screen. It also considers the effects of the sound revolution on Hollywood and Hollywood film production during the transitional years 1928-29. The published sources on which this study was based have all been indicated in the notes, and the reader is advised to consult that original material whenever he requires additional technical or factual information. 606 $aSound motion pictures$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01127008 606 $aSound motion pictures$xHistory 608 $aHistory. 610 $aFilm history, theory & criticism 615 0$aSound motion pictures. 615 0$aSound motion pictures$xHistory. 700 $aGeduld$b Harry M$0711861 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524857103321 996 $aThe Birth of the Talkies$92720983 997 $aUNINA