O'Brien, Charles, 1955-

Cinema's conversion to sound technology and film style in France and the U.S. / [electronic resource] : Charles O'Brien. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005. - xi, 200 p. : ill.

Includes filmography: p. [191]-186. Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-190) and index.

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.


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2009.
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Sound motion pictures--History.
Motion pictures--History.--France
Motion pictures--History.--United States
Sound--Recording and reproducing--History--France--20th century.
Sound--Recording and reproducing--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

PN1995.7 / .O27 2005eb

791.43/09