Cinema's Conversion to Sound : Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S.

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: National Cinema after Recorded Sound 1(16) 1. Sound's Impact on Film Style: The Case for Homogenization 17(27) 2. Film History after Recorded Sound: From Crisis to Continuity 44(20) 3. The Talkies in France: Imported Films as Exemplars 64(18) 4. Sound-Era Film Editing: International Norms, Local Commitments 82(25) 5. Shooting and Recording in Paris and Hollywood 107(29) 6. Hollywood Indigenized: Pathé-Natan and National Popular Cinema 136(20) Conclusion: Sound and National Film Style-Past and Present 156(9) Notes 165(26) Filmography: French Films, 1930-1933 191(6) Index 197