David Shipman

Introduction The coming of Sound to the motion-picture medium killed it as a means of almost effortless international communication. Hitherto, it had been a simple matter to shp in titles in the appropriate language. Once it became clear that audiences wanted Talkies, Talkies and nothing but...

The stats and the systemThe first film players worked on both sides of the camera and were uncredited; but as some of them became famiUar to audiences there was a buzz of recognition. Most nickelodeons and variety halls hired their films from the same film - exchanges which relied in turn on the...

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