Adaptations in the Sound Era : 1927-37.

There is no disputing that the coming of sound heralded a new era for adaptations. We take it for granted today that a film is enhanced by sound but it was not a view unanimously held in the early period of sound cinema. While there was a substantial degree of skepticism in the late 1920s and early...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cartmell, Deborah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015.
Series:Bloomsbury adaptation histories.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Sound in motion pictures.
Sound motion pictures.
Literature > Adaptations > History and criticism.
Film adaptations > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics.
Cinéma > Son.
Films sonores.
Littérature > Adaptations > Histoire et critique.
Adaptations cinématographiques > Histoire et critique.
Cinéma > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cinéma > Esthétique.
Literary studies: general.
Film theory & criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Film adaptations
Literature > Adaptations
Motion pictures
Motion pictures > Aesthetics
Sound in motion pictures
Sound motion pictures
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: 'Singin' in the Rain': Adapting Literature to Film, 1927-37; 2 Sound Shakespeare; 3 Sound Dickens; 4 Gothic Adaptations 'Sell It for Its Horror': 1931 Gothic/Horror Adaptations and the Victory of the Shadow; 5 Biopic Adaptations: Adapting Charles Laughton; 6 Adaptations for Children: From Pre-Code to Post-Code Hollywood; 7 Conclusions: Radical Adaptations; Select Bibliography; Major Films Discussed; Index.

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