If you can find it, there is a 26 minute episode from the CBS "Twentieth Century" series, made in 1959, titled "The Movies Learn to Talk"
Sixty-five years of the development of sound films are telescoped in this CBS documentary. It presents a variety of examples of sound research including that of Edison, Gaumont, DeForest, Warner Brothers' Vitaphone and Fox Movietone. Brief scenes are shown from silent and sound films with celebrities such as John Barrymore, George Bernard Shaw and Al Jolson in " The Jazz Singer ". Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Nov 21, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Deg Farrelly wrote: > I can't remember the details, but certainly the series Moguls and > Movie > Stars from Turner Classic Movies includes some discussion of the > transition from silent to sound films. > > http://www.amazon.com/Moguls-Movie-Stars-History-Hollywood/dp/B004MQ6W5K/re > f=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1321923574&sr=1-1 > > Episode 2. The birth of Hollywood (1907-1920) ; Disc 2. Episode 3. The > dream merchants (1920-1928) > > > -deg > > > -- > deg farrelly > Arizona State University > P.O. Box 871006 > Tempe, AZ 85287 > Phone: 480.965.1403 > Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu > > > > On 11/21/11 5:01 PM, "videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu" > <videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu> wrote: > >> I have a patron who wanted to use the new film The Artist as the >> basis >> for a paper. The paper was about the transition in Hollywood from >> silent >> film to talkies. **** >> >> Of course, the film is not opening in the US until Nov. 23rd as a >> limited run. I suggested Singin in the Rain as an alternative. Does >> anybody have any suggestions for other films?**** > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, > acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current > and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It > is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for > video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between > libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
