The Sounds of Early Cinema

Book Overview

The Sounds of Early Cinema is devoted exclusively to a little-known, yet absolutely crucial phenomenon: the ubiquitous presence of sound in early cinema. "Silent cinema" may rarely have been silent, but the sheer diversity of sound(s) and sound/image relations characterizing the first 20 years of moving picture exhibition can still astonish us. Whether instrumental, vocal, or mechanical, sound ranged from the improvised to the pre-arranged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253214793
• ISBN13: 9780253214799
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"