Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and the Film Entertainment Industry"Hollywood Speaks is a remarkable book. Schuchman's inquiry into how deafness has been treated in movies provides us with yet another window onto social history in addition to a fresh angle from which to view Hollywood. Moreover, he joins the ranks of the few scholars who have made use of Hollywood studio archives." -- Thomas Cripps, author of Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942 |
Contents
Preface | vii |
Introduction | 3 |
The Silent Movie Era | 20 |
Talking Motion Pictures 192948 | 42 |
The Dummy Stereotype Changes 194869 | 53 |
Deaf Actors Appear 197086 | 76 |
The Impact of Television | 88 |
Conclusion | 99 |
Filmography | 107 |
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