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The Story of Film: An Odyssey Season 1 Episode 4
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.
Episode Title: The Arrival of Sound
Air Date: 2011-09-24
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