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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459082803321

Autore

Drew William M

Titolo

The last silent picture show [[electronic resource] ] : silent films on American screens in the 1930s / / William M. Drew

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010

ISBN

1-282-82040-0

9786612820403

0-8108-7681-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

791.430973

Soggetti

Silent films - United States - History and criticism

Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; Ch01. A Little Silence amid All the Talk; Ch02. Silents with Sound and Fury; Ch03. Not Wired for Sound; Ch04. Mary and Charlie vs. the World; Ch05. A Silent Revolution; Ch06. The Silent East; Ch07. Of Art and Archives; Ch08. The Sheik Returns!; Ch09. The Silents Go on Forever; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book details the fate of an entire art form-the silent cinema-in the United States during the 1930's and how it managed to survive the onslaught of sound.