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Silent film sound / Rick Altman.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.75 .A46 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Altman, Rick, 1945-
- Series:
- Film and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Silent films--United States--History and criticism.
- Silent films.
- Narration for silent films.
- Motion pictures--Sound effects.
- History.
- United States.
- Motion pictures--Sound effects--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion picture music--United States--History and criticism.
- Motion picture music.
- Narration for silent films--United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 462 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- "Silent Film Sound" reconsiders all aspects of sound practices during the entire silent film period. Based on extensive original research and accompanied by outstanding illustrations, the book challenges the basic assumptions of earlier histories of this period in film and reveals the complexity and swiftly changing nature of American silent cinema. Beginning with sound practices before cinema's first decade and continuing through to the more familiar sound practices of the 1920s, Rick Altman discusses the variety of sound strategies and how early cinema exhibitors used these strategies to differentiate their products.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-443) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231116624
- OCLC:
- 54670072
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