"The switchover from silent to sound in the American film industry, which began in late 1927, was primarily complete by 1929 — all of which begs to ask, what happened on American screens in 1928? It was a pivotal year in the transition, an entire year in which silent and sound pictures shared theater marquees, and when both were viable commercial artforms. Though silents would still exist in 1929, their era was not just numbered – it was practically over."
Read my full essay "The Silence After Sound: Hollywood's Last Silent Movies" online here at Not Coming to a Theater Near You.
http://notcoming.com/features/silenceaftersound/
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