The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Season 1, Episode 4

Episode Title: The Arrival of Sound

Air Date: 2011-09-24

Overview:

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.