From Radio to the Big Screen: Hollywood Films Featuring Broadcast Personalities and Programs

by Hal Erickson

There was a time when "American popular entertainment" referred only to radio and motion pictures. With the coming of talking pictures, Hollywood cashed in on the success of big-time network radio by bringing several of the public's favorite broadcast personalities and programs to the screen. The results, though occasionally successful, often proved conclusively that some things are better heard than seen. Concentrating primarily on radio's Golden...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786477571
• ISBN13: 9780786477579
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher