A Pictorial History of the Talkies

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Remarks on Condition : Good with light tanning, No dustjacket, Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting,

This book is a comprehensive survey of the history of sound films from their inception in the late 1920s to the early 1980s. The book covers the major genres, stars, directors, studios, and innovations that shaped the evolution of cinema as an art form and a mass medium. The book is illustrated with hundreds of photographs that capture the glamour, drama, and spectacle of the talkies. The book has 411 pages and is written by Daniel Blum and John Kobal. The book is a reprint edition published by Wattle Books in 1982.