Monday, May 21, 2007

A History of Early Sounds in the Movies

In the 1920s, Hollywood studios were riding high. There was skepticism when a new technology came along that would let movie audiences hear actors talking. But Warner Brothers took a gamble and wired theaters for sound. Ben Shapiro has this story of the rise, and fall, of the Vitaphone short films.

[Listen via NPR]

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