Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Noise and the Concept of the Cinema Soundscape 1
6. 1. Songs of the Sonic Body: Noise and the Sounds of Early Motion Picture Audiences 15
7. 2. The Film Industry Lays the Golden Egg: Noise, Electro-Acoustics, and the Academy’s Adjustment to Film Sound 53
8. 3. “Machines for Listening”: Cinema Auditoriums as Vehicles for Aural Absorption 85
9. 4. Cinema Theaters as Antiquated as “Edison and His Wax Cylinders”: Mobile Technologies and the Negotiation of Public Noise 117
10. Conclusion: Noises We Will Be Hearing Soon 154
11. Appendix 161
12. Notes 167
13. References 211
14. Index 231