The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Season 1 Episode 4: The Arrival of Sound

The 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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

15

Cast:

Mark Cousins, Mario Cordova

Quality:

HD

Duration:

63 min

First Air:

2011

Rating:

7.7