1 Season
13 Episode
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.
- Year: 1980
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: ITV1
- Keyword: silent film, hollywood history
- Director: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill
- Cast: James Mason, Hal Roach, Louise Brooks, Allan Dwan, King Vidor, Jackie Coogan