Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I: Movies and Songs in Transition
Chapter 1: Songs in Cinema in 1930
Chapter 2: Electric Sound as New Medium
Chapter 3: Voices and Bodies, Direct and Dubbed
Part II: Transnational Trends
Chapter 4: Film Editing after Electric Sound
Chapter 5: Export Cinema and Modular Aesthetics
Part III: Hollywood and Film Europe
Chapter 6: American Films and Songs, at Home and Abroad
Chapter 7: Musical Films Made in Germany
Epilogue: Songs in Cinema, from Electric to Digital

About the Author

Charles O'Brien is Associate Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University. He is author of Cinema's Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S.

Reviews

"Movies, Songs, and Electric Sound is an insightful study in the beginning of cinema's sound era."—popcultureshelf.com