Tantalising Fragments

This article will consider the tantalising fragments of the Scottish voice in the early talkies, exploring the response of Scottish audiencesto various accents and voices, and offering a survey of the films set or produced in Scotland during the period of transition from silentcinema to sound. Parti...

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Published in:Music, sound and the moving image sound and the moving image, 2018-10, Vol.12 (2), p.171-270
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Oral history
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Singers
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