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Silent Traces: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin

15 reviews
John Bengtson

Santa Monica Press, 2006

A wonder
Bengston is insane. He's also a genius. Only crazy person would put as much work as he did into creating a masterpiece in an art and science that, until he came along, no one ever dreamed of. Think "silent film archeology," but instead of digging into the earth. Bengston dug *above* ground in today's Hollywood to find remnants of the vanished world Charlie Chaplin used as a backdrop. And he ...

Silent Lives

13 reviews
Lon Davis

BearManor Media, 2008

A Tremendous Contribution to Silent Film Scholarship
What a delightful book this is - and what an important contribution to film scholarship Lon Davis has offered through his book, Silent Lives. This is a splendid introduction to 100 luminaries in the film galaxy - and I was honored to have been asked to assist with the bios of Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston. And, I think that is what makes this book special - Davis didn't create film history in ...

David Lean

10 reviews
Kevin Brownlow

Faber and Faber, 1997

One of the greatest filmmaker biographies ever....
I adore this book. I have been reading it as of late, and I love the book (and David Lean) even more. I have always detested biographies of filmmakers that are far too academic in their tone; that professorial tone where they analyze the films ad nauseum, and are constantly talking about symbolism and other completely useless things. This book spares us of that. It is meticulously researched, ...

The War, the West, and the Wilderness: A Celebration of the Great Silent Movie-Makers

1 review
Kevin Brownlow

Alfred A. Knopf, 1979

Brownlow's Other Masterpiece
Kevin Brownlow, author of the definitive history of the silent film era, THE PARADE'S GONE BY . . . , has attempted in THE WAR, THE WEST, AND THE WILDERNESS to honor the work of silent-film cameramen, directors, and actors who, often inadvertently, recorded history on film. It is a fascinating study and unique among silent-film histories in its focus on the intrepid, the unsung, the ...

The Parade's Gone By

20 reviews
Kevin Brownlow

University of California Press, 1976

I FELL IN LOVE WITH SILENT PICTURES FROM THIS BOOK
When I first read the hardback version of this book back in the 1970's in film school, I fell in love with silent pictures. Kevin Brownlow's writing enabled me to visualize films I had never seen, and feel like I was there when American cinema was being birthed. His descriptions of films like Douglas Fairbanks' Robin Hood (1921) caused me to search for decades for copies of these films, just so I ...

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

8 reviews
Peter Kobel

Little, Brown and Company, 2007

A Sumptuous Book on the Silent Era
I received this book as a Christmas gift and while not a definitive volume on the Silent Era, it is truly beautiful. They have various chapters from the stars, the directors, genres and etc. This book is loaded with photos of stars and posters and is a large coffee table book. I have read bits and pieces but not cover to cover, yet. Still, I can highly recommend this book to anyone interested ...

The War, West & Wildernes

1 review
Kevin Brownlow

Knopf, 1979

To the far ends of the Earth...
Silent film historian Kevin Brownlow documents the silent film newsreel and documentary cameramen who traveled to the far ends of the earth and risked their lives to record history. "The War" concerns films about World War I and America's and Britian's involvment in it. My only complaint here is that the book does not cover more of the war and "Hun" fictional films that came out during the war. ...

THE PARADE'S GONE BY... A VIVID, NOSTALGIC IMMEDIATE PORTRAIT OF AN ART IN THE MAKING
Kevin Brownlow

Alfred A. Knopf, 1968

Burning Passions: An Introduction to the Study of Silent Cinema

2 reviews
Paolo Cherchi Usai, Kevin Brownlow

British Film Inst, 1995

New book excellent guide to archive locations/etiquette
This book is indispensable to the collector who wishes to travel to the archives around the world to view rare films not on video. Highly recommended, informative, and interesting.

How It Happened Here

1 review
Kevin Brownlow

UKA Press, 2007

Well worth a look.
I found this book in my university library and picked it up based on what I read from the back cover. I had never heard of this movie but I had read Brownlow's amazing The Parade's Gone By and figured I could spend a few minutes flipping through the pages. The minutes turned into hours and I forfeited my studies to concentrate entirely on this book. Not only is it a very intersting and ...

Mary Pickford Rediscovered

15 reviews
Kevin Brownlow

Harry N. Abrams, 1999

A Life on Film
England's Kevin Brownlow brings to life America's Sweetheart, Mary Pickford, in this richly textured and insightful book featuring a myriad of lush and rare photographs chosen by Pickford expert Robert Cushman. Mary Pickford's contribution to cinema is seen in a new light here. Brownlow subtly makes the case that she not only was the most influential woman in the history of cinema, but a ...

Hollywood: The Pioneers

1 review
Kevin Brownlow

Knopf, 1980

A good companion to the documentary mini-series "Hollywood"
If you've read Brownlow's other books on the silent film era--or if you haven't but just like silent films--you'll enjoy this book. Although not as detailed in its text as Brownlow's "The Parade's Gone By...", this book is still worth having for its many pictures. For those unfamiliar with the silent film era, this is a good place to start learning.

Adventures with D.W. Griffith

3 reviews
Karl Brown

Faber and Faber, 1988

An exciting time during the birth of the feature film
If you are interested in silent films or David Wark Griffith, then you won't be able to put this book down until you are finished! Karl Brown worked for the Kinemacolor company as a teenager in the 1910s. Just when this company went out of business, D.W. Griffith and his stock company arrived in Los Angeles. He quickly became a camera assistant to cameraman Billy Bitzer. He worked on ...

The making of David Lean's film of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai.': An article from: Cineaste
Kevin Brownlow

Cineaste Publishers, Inc., 1996

This digital document is an article from Cineaste, published by Cineaste Publishers, Inc. on March 22, 1996. The length of the article is 8626 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the supplier: David Lean was a leading British director in the ...

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