The Speed of Sound by Scott Eyman
From acclaimed author Scott Eyman comes the fascinating story of how the transition from silent films to 'talkies' transformed Hollywood.It was the end of an era. It was a turbulent, colorful, and altogether remarkable period, four short years in which America's most popular industry reinvented itself.
Here is the epic story of the transition from silent films to talkies, that moment when movies were totally transformed and the American public cemented its love affair with Hollywood. As Scott Eyman demonstrates in his fascinating account of this exciting era, it was a time when fortunes, careers, and lives were made and lost, when the American film industry came fully into its own.
In this mixture of cultural and social history that is both scholarly and vastly entertaining, Eyman dispels the myths and gives us the missing chapter in the history of Hollywood, the ribbon of dreams by which America conquered the world.
Scott Eyman is the author or coauthor of fifteen books, including the New York Times bestseller John Wayne and the New York Times bestsellers Pieces of My Heart and You Gotta Remember This (both with actor Robert Wagner). Hank and Jim: Henry Fonda and James Stewart's Fifty-Year Friendship; Empire of Dreams: Cecil B. DeMille's Epic Life; and Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart's Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart's Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry The Life and Legend of Louis B. DeMille; Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. DeMille Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford; and Mayer, Mayer, Mayer, Mayer, Mayer, Mayer, Mayer, Mayer, Mayer Eyman has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as writing book reviews for The Wall Street Journal. He lives in West Palm Beach with his wife, Lynn.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781501103834 |
| ISBN 10 | 1501103830 |
| Title | The Speed of Sound |
| Author | Scott Eyman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2015-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
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