Amern Silent Film PB

by William K. Everson

Book Overview

Praised as the "best modern survey of the silent period" (New Republic), this indispensable history tells you everything you need to know about American silent film, from the nickelodeons in the early 1900s to the birth of the first "talkies" in the late 1920s. The author provides vivid descriptions of classic pictures such as The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Sunrise, The Covered Wagon, and Greed, and lucidly discusses their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306808765
• ISBN13: 9780306808760
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"