Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Documentary on the rise of sound in Hollywood films. Chronicles the various competing methods of syncing sound with films, careers made and destroyed by 'the talkies' ect. A really good survey of the subject matter, entertainingly and informatively done.
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Fun Fact: The Al Jolson film The Singing Fool (1928) was the most financially successful (non-animated) Hollywood film until Gone With The Wind (1939).
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