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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD>Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>vii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Photographs</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>ix</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Preface: The Research Question, the Method, and the Data</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xi</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>1. A Preview: Order and Profit, Not Chaos</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>1</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(6)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>2. The Preconditions for Innovation</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>7</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(16)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>3. The Warner Bros. Innovate Sound</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>23</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(24)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>4. William Fox Innovates Sound</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>47</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(8)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>5. Warners' Blockbuster: The Singing Fool</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>55</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(8)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>6. Paramount and Loew's Wait, and Then Make Their Deal</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>63</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(14)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>7. The Rise of RKO: The Failure of All Others</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>77</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(10)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>8. The Diffusion of Sound in the United States</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>87</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(18)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>9. Diffusion of Sound Throughout the World</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>105</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(10)</TD></TR><TR><TD>10. The Formation of the Studio System: Merger Mania</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>115</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(24)</TD></TR><TR><TD>11. Mopping up the Loose Ends</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>139</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(12)</TD></TR><TR><TD>12. The Coming of Sound: A Reinterpretation</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>151</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(4)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Endnotes</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>155</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(20)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>175</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

Sound transformed not only the Hollywood film industry, but all of world cinema. This text examines how the arrival of sound brought a boom to the industry and why its social impact deepened in complexity

The coming of sound : a history