2. STREET SCENE (1931). NOTE: This is a link to the complete film on YouTube (using a much-degraded print). Please watch the "Establishing sequence" = opening titles and first shot, going through the first 5½ minutes (until the conversation of the three women is interrupted). Also see HtM p. 254 paragraph & caption. Compare this opening to the silent features you watched previously and note the change of film style brought about by the coming of sound: its reliance almost entirely on dialogue and a stagey set plus clever camera work.

• 2. STREET SCENE (1931). NOTE: This is a link to the complete film on YouTube (using a much-degraded print). Please watch the "Establishing sequence" = opening titles and first shot, going through the first 5½ minutes (until the conversation of the three women is interrupted). Also see HtM p. 254 paragraph & caption. Compare this opening to the silent features you watched previously and note the change of film style brought about by the coming of sound: its reliance almost entirely on dialogue and a stagey set plus clever camera work.