A new pictorial history of the talkies

by Daniel C. Blum

This book is published by G. P. Putnam's sons 1982 . It is a collectors item. This book has more than 4500 black and white photographs from all the old films. What a great gift for an old time movie buff!

Genres: Film, Media Tie In

411 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[Beth Cato · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this for $1 at the big VNSA book sale in Phoenix, Arizona, and it's quite an impressive book. My copy is a first edition, printed in 1958, and I can imagine it was quite a pricey coffee table book back then. It is indeed a pictorial history of the talkies, with tons of good quality black and white pictures on every page. It has large paragraphs of text about the transition from silent films and then a paragraph to summarize each year from 1930 to 1958 by mentioning major award-winning pictures and actors, major hits, hot newcomers, and deaths. It's fascinating. The book is quite inclusive as far as genres, depicting everything from Gone With the Wind to a multitude of Tarzans to Disney's Pinocchio. It's also interesting to see the evolution in things like head shot angles and fashion; I even noted a bizarre fascination with bathtub scenes throughout the book. I recognized a lot of movies, and I bet my parents will enjoy flipping through this book even more because they've seen just about everything in here.

[Rick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great collection of pictures! Foreword by Joan Crawford!

[TrumanCoyote · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay sure, a kinda goofy title...but lotsa fun anyways.