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20 reviewsISBN 10: 041596900X
ISBN 13: 9780203997727
Author: Douglas Gomery
CHAPTER 1: A PREVIEW: ORDER AND PROFIT, NOT CHAOS
CHAPTER 2: THE PRECONDITIONS FOR INNOVATION
THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
THE OTHER MASS MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES PRIOR TO THE COMING OF SOUND
THE RADIO INDUSTRY
THE POPULAR MUSIC INDUSTRY
THE LIVE PERFORMANCE VAUDEVILLE INDUSTRY
CHAPTER 3: THE WARNER BROS. INNOVATE SOUND
EARLY TALKING PICTURE FAILURES
AT&T’s INVENTIONS
SELLING THE INVENTIONS
CONNECTING WITH WARNER BROS.
CHAPTER 4: WILLIAM FOX INNOVATES SOUND
CHAPTER 5: WARNERS’ BLOCKBUSTER: THE SINGING FOOL
CHAPTER 6: PARAMOUNT AND LOEW’S WAIT, AND THEN MAKE THEIR DEAL
INITIAL PROBES
THE CHANGING BACKGROUND FOR INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING
THE ACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS
CHAPTER 7: THE RISE OF RKO: THE FAILURE OF ALL OTHERS
THE WINNER: RKO
THE LOSERS
CHAPTER 8: THE DIFFUSION OF SOUND IN THE UNITED STATES
TALKIES TAKE THE UNITED STATES BY STORM
SHORT SUBJECTS AND NEWSREELS
WIRING THEATERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
UNIONS: WINNERS (SOUND TECHNICIANS); LOSERS (THEATER MUSICIANS)
THE TALKIES TRANSFORM THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION PRACTICES
CHAPTER 9: DIFFUSION OF SOUND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
CHAPTER 10: THE FORMATION OF THE STUDIO SYSTEM: MERGER MANIA
MERGER MANIA
OUTSIDE SHOCKS
THE COMING OF SOUND, NO CHAOS, BUT CONSOLIDATION OF ECONOMIC POWER
CHAPTER 11: MOPPING UP THE LOOSE ENDS
THE STUDIOS STAND DOWN AT&T
WILLIAM FOX SEEKS HIS REVENGE
WARNERS VERSUS AT&T
FINALLY, A REAL PARIS AGREEMENT
NEW LICENSE AGREEMENTS
ONE FINAL TECHNICAL CHANGE
CHAPTER 12: THE COMING OF SOUND: A REINTERPRETATION
this is the sound of a child coming home
that's the sound of sunshine coming down
it's the sound of the rain coming down
hold on change is coming by the sounds of blackness
no sound coming out of the speakers
Tags: Douglas Gomery, Sound