The Coming of Sound (Paperback)

Acknowledgments, Photographs, Preface: The Research Question, the Method, and the Data, 1. A Preview: Order and Profit, Not Chaos, 2. The Preconditions for Innovation, 3. The Warner Bros. Innovate Sound, 4. William Fox Innovates Sound, 5. Warners’ Blockbuster: The Singing Fool, 6. Paramount and Loew’s Wait, and Then Make Their Deal, 7. The Rise of RKO: The Failure of All Others, 8. The Diffusion of Sound in the United States, 9. Diffusion of Sound Throughout the World, 10. The Formation of the Studio System:Merger Mania, 11. Mopping up the Loose Ends, 12. The Coming of Sound: A Reinterpretation, Endnotes, Index