{"product_id":"the-speed-of-sound-scott-eyman-9781501103834","title":"The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed author Scott Eyman comes the fascinating story of how the transition from silent films to 'talkies' transformed Hollywood.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere 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 lost, when the American film industry came fully into its own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this mixture of cultural and social history that is both scholarly and vastly entertaining, Eyman dispels the myths and gives us the missing chapter in the history of Hollywood, the ribbon of dreams by which America conquered the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Eyman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501103830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501103834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.30d","brand":"Scott Eyman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935184290047,"sku":"9781501103834","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dbeff127-3470-488d-b42d-a9a62b975d28.jpg?v=1681418343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-speed-of-sound-scott-eyman-9781501103834","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}