From Silents to Talking Pictures

by Jim Loperfido

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

Suggestions for Further Reading

  • "Battle of the Giants: ERPI and RCA Consolidate Sound," in “History of the American Cinema,” Encyclopedia.com. (August 2, 2022).

  • Glendon Allvine, The Greatest Fox of Them All. (New York: Lyle Stuart, Ic., 1969).

  • Lee de Forest, Father of Radio: The Autobiography of Lee de Forest. (Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co., 1950).

  • William K. Everson, American Silent Film. (Oxford University Press, 1978).

  • Scott Eyman, The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997).

  • Gene Fernett, American Film Studios: An Historical Encyclopedia. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1988).

  • Susan Fox and Donald G. Rosellini, William Fox: A Story of Early Hollywood, 1915-1930. (Parkville, MD: Midnight Marquee Press, 2006).

  • Michael Freedland, The Warner Brothers. (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1983).

  • Edward W. Kellogg, “History of Sound Motion Pictures, Second Installment,” Journal of the SMPTE, Volume 64, July 1955, pp. 356-374.

  • Vanda Krefft, The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox.(New York: Harper Collins, 2017).

  • Stephanie Przybylek, Breaking the Silence on Film; The History of the Case Research Lab. (Auburn, NY: The Cayuga Museum, 1999).

  • Anthony Slide, The Big V: A History of the Vitagraph Company. (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976).

  • David Thomson, Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017).

The Finger Lakes Film Trail program series Making Noise About Silent Film: Conversations About Cinema, Culture, and Social Change is made possible by an Action Grant from Humanities New York, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Humanities New York has been a valued financial supporter of the Finger Lakes Film Trail since its inception in 2018.