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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Charles, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2005]
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.
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.