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The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930

By Scott Eyman
Narrated by: Adams Morgan
Unabridged — 13 hours, 38 minutes
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By Scott Eyman
Narrated by: Adams Morgan
Unabridged — 13 hours, 38 minutes
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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 …