Season
Season 1 Episode
- Season 1 The Coming of Sound
- Season 1 The Dream Factory
- Season 1 Hollywood and Sex
- Season 1 Hollywood and the Western
- Season 1 Hollywood Goes to War
- Season 1 Hollywood and the Gangsters
- Season 1 The Inmates Take Over the Asylum
- Season 1 Torn from Today's Headlines
- Season 1 From 'b' Movie to Blockbuster
- Season 1 Hollywood Now
Talking Pictures - Season 1 Episode 1 The Coming of Sound
3.30 48 minutes In 1927 Al Jolson sang and spoke in The Jazz Singer and the sound era had officially arrived. Hollywood was in panic. How would the silent stars adapt to the new medium? Broadway actors moved west in droves. For a while the sound man was king. With the primitive sound equipment words dominated the action.
