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Silent cinema / Brian J. Robb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robb, Brian J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Silent films.
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm + 1 DVD
- Place of Publication:
- Harpenden : Kamera Books, cop. 2007.
- Summary:
- Through a study of the earliest origins of cinema to the stars, comedians and directors who became popular from the late-Victorian era to the end of the 1920s, and including a look at the earliest Hollywood scandals of the time, Silent Cinema will be a handy guide to the art of cinema's silent years in Hollywood and across the globe.
- Contents:
- 1 Silent Cinema: An Introduction 1
- 2 The Origins of Cinema 5
- 3 The Developing Art 17
- 4 Georges Melies: Innovator and Entertainer 25
- 5 The Directors 35
- 6 The Dramatic Stars 45
- 7 The Silent Clowns 69
- 8 Silent Scandals 89
- 9 International Silent Cinema 99
- 10 The Silent Classics 107
- 11 The Coming of Sound 139
- 12 Silent Cinema Resources 147.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- With DVD Silent cinema stars (193 min.), by Sunrise Silents; includes extracts from 27 films.
- Met lit. opg., index.
- Contains:
- Silent cinema stars
- ISBN:
- 9781904048633
- 1904048633
- OCLC:
- 150094919
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