Hollywood
Season 1 Episode 13 - End of an Era
Silent films had universal appeal, simply by replacing intertitles and dialogue cards for the foreign markets. Sound film was experimented with in many forms since the 1890s, but did not become commercially successful until The Jazz Singer in 1927. Hollywood movie making was transformed and ultimately shattered, taking the careers of many silent film stars, directors and producers with it, victims of the emerging technology.
Episodes in Season 1
Pioneers
50 min
In the Beginning
50 min
Single Beds and Double Standards
50 min
Hollywood Goes to War
50 min
Hazard of the Game
50 min
Swanson and Valentino
50 min
The Autocrats
50 min
Comedy: A Serious Business
50 min
Out West
50 min
The Man with the Megaphone
50 min
Trick of the Light
50 min
Star Treatment
50 min
End of an Era
50 min