Browsing Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media by Subject "talkies"
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Almost, If Not Quite, As Good as the W.E.: On Sound Apparatus, 1929-1930
(Presentation)1929 and 1930 were years of concentrated change within the British film exhibition industry. Sound cinema had quickly established itself as the essential attraction of the time, and cinemas throughout the country swiftly ... -
The Conversion to Sound of the Kingsway and the Ideal Cinemas in King's Heath, 1929-1932
(Presentation)Business records constitute a fundamental source of primary empirical evidence, which illuminate the granular details that collectively form wider regional and national trends. Their rarity has meant that each discovery ... -
Here to Stay: Sound Becomes Inevitable in 1928-1930
(Presentation)During the years of transition to sound, no-one had any real idea as to what the lasting impact of the new talking picture would be. Amidst confusion and scepticism amongst film producers and exhibitors alike about the ... -
Invasion: Legitimate Language and the Coming of Sound in the Nottingham Evening Post, 1928-1930
(Presentation)Historians tend to place the arrival of sound cinema within the public experience in 1927, with the American premiere of The Jazz Singer. Yet British audiences did not hear the talkies until the film’s London premiere in ...