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Breaking the Silence: Crash Course Film History #10

This episode covers the coming of synchronized sound and the massive disruption it caused across the film industry, from acting styles to entire studio business models. Key context for understanding early Hollywood's growing pains.

CrashCourse · 11 min · Intermediate · HIS · Film History · 2016

What you take away

The arrival of sound was as disruptive to filmmaking careers as it was to storytelling technique.

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