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Guide to the silent years of American cinema

Author: Donald W McCaffrey; Christopher P Jacobs
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Series: Reference guides to the world's cinema.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The latest offering from the Reference Guides to the World's Cinema series, this critical survey of key films, actors, directors, and screenwriters during the silent era of the American cinema offers  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Donald W McCaffrey; Christopher P Jacobs
ISBN: 9780313303456 0313303452
OCLC Number: 916131053
Target Audience: Núcleo
Description: xv, 343 p. : il. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction The Development of Cinema from Scientific Novelty to a New Art and Entertainment Industry Films and Filmmakers The Legacy of the Silent Screen and the Birth Pangs of the Sound Film Appendix: 160 Additional Films and Filmmakers of Note from the Silent Era Selected Bibliography Index
Series Title: Reference guides to the world's cinema.
Responsibility: Donald W. McCaffrey and Christopher P. Jacobs.

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