NOW PLAYING
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
S01 E04 / THE ARRIVAL OF SOUND
PLAYBACK SERVERS
SELECT SOURCE
SELECT SEASON
Getting too many ads? Install an ad blocker for a clean experience.EPISODES
EP 01
BIRTH OF THE CINEMA
EP 02
THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM
EP 03
THE GOLDEN AGE OF WORLD CINEMA
EP 04
THE ARRIVAL OF SOUND
EP 05
POST-WAR CINEMA
EP 06
SEX & MELODRAMA
EP 07
EUROPEAN NEW WAVE
EP 08
NEW DIRECTORS, NEW FORM
EP 09
AMERICAN CINEMA OF THE 70S
EP 10
MOVIES TO CHANGE THE WORLD
EP 11
THE ARRIVAL OF MULTIPLEXES AND ASIAN MAINSTREAM
EP 12
FIGHT THE POWER: PROTEST IN FILM
PAGE 1 OF 2
THE ARRIVAL OF SOUNDThe coming of sound in the 1930s upends everything. We watch the birth of new types of film: screwball comedies, gangster pictures, horror films, westerns and musicals, and discover a master of most of them, Howard Hawks. Alfred Hitchcock hits his stride and French directors become masters of mood.
Sources are tried in order if a provider fails. Fullscreen uses the selected provider control.