Mr Cohan handles his material deftly, portraying Bear as symptomatic of an industry that had come to believe its own hype and had lost sight of how inherently unstable it really was.
Good teams, after all, had players who were tall and could dribble and shoot well; they could crisply execute their carefully prepared plays in their opponent's end.
Although full integration of sound into movies was complete by 1930, it would take a bit longer for films to regain their stylistic elegance and dexterity.
Although full integration of sound into movies was complete by 1930, it would take a bit longer for films to regain their stylistic elegance and dexterity.