Silent Cinema [With CD]

by Brian J. Robb

Silent cinema was never truly silent as performances were more often than not accompanied by live music and the noise of enthusiastic audiences. Yet silent cinema is regarded as a specific era in the history of the medium, and often as a separate art form in its own right. New York Times -bestselling author Brian J. Robb's lively resource traces how, from the origins of cinema onwards to the coming of sound in 1929 with The Jazz Singer , many of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904048633
• ISBN13: 9781904048633
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Kamera Books
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.6" x 7.8"