02299nam 2200601Ia 450 991096036520332120240513193647.0979-82-16-30384-81-282-82040-097866128204030-8108-7681-7(CKB)2670000000060160(EBL)662320(OCoLC)676738395(SSID)ssj0000421785(PQKBManifestationID)12109196(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421785(PQKBWorkID)10412635(PQKB)10969363(Au-PeEL)EBL662320(CaPaEBR)ebr10421473(CaONFJC)MIL282040(MiAaPQ)EBC662320(EXLCZ)99267000000006016020100329d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe last silent picture show silent films on American screens in the 1930s /William M. Drew1st ed.Lanham Scarecrow Press, Inc.20101 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-7680-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorThis 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.Silent filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismMotion picturesUnited StatesHistory20th centurySilent filmsHistory and criticism.Motion picturesHistory791.43097324.34bclDrew William M777658MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960365203321The last silent picture show4455141UNINA