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Description
Contains essays and articles from seventeen noted film studies experts, including Lewis Jacobs, Tom Milne, John Tibbetts, Gaylord Carter, Robert and Helen Merrell Lynd, and Anthony Slide. Chapters provide the reader with a well-rounded view of the societal influences that inspired the films and the techniques that directors, filmmakers, and actors used to portray the world around them. Appendixes list studio activity in the 20s, give listings of the titles and directors noted in all five volumes of the series, and provide annotations for each film.
Product details
Published | 26 Dec 1996 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 144 |
ISBN | 9780810832565 |
Imprint | Scarecrow Press |
Dimensions | 217 x 136 mm |
Series | American Movies: The First Thirty Years |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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...is a homily and an extremely worthwhile one at that to a historic period in film history and one to which, as the author so amply demonstrates, all film makers, writers and scholars, owe a significant debt.
Historical Journal of Film, Radio, & Television
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...brings together reprints of articles that will inform and entertain you. Recommended.
The Silent Film Monthly