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Silent Movies The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture

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ISBN-10: 0316117919

ISBN-13: 9780316117913

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Peter Kobel, Martin Scorsese, Kevin Brownlow

List price: $45.00
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A gorgeous, lavish history of silent movies - with more than 400 amazing images - captures the birth of film and icons like Chaplin, Garbo, Clara Bow, and Valentino. Drawing on the extraordinary collection of The Library of Congress, one of the greatest repositories for silent film and memorabilia, Peter Kobel has created the definitive visual history of silent film. From its birth in the 1890s, with the earliest narrative shorts, through the brilliant full-length features of the 1920s, SILENT MOVIES captures the greatest directors and actors and their immortal films. SILENT MOVIES also looks at the technology of early film, the use of color photography, and the restoration work being…    
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 11/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 9.50" wide x 12.50" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 4.686
Language: English