Research Catalog

Title

American silent film / William K. Everson.

Author

Everson, William K.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1978.

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Details

Description

vii, 387 p., [38] leaves of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

A History of the American film ; 1

Uniform Title

A History of the American film ; 1.

Subject

• Motion pictures > United States > History
• Silent films > History and criticism

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History
• History.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 355-362.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. A Survey -- 2. The Beginnings -- 3. The Birth of Film Grammar -- 4. The Early Features -- 5. Griffith and The Birth of a Nation -- 6. Intolerance -- 7. Stabilization -- 8. The Art of the Sub-Title -- 9. The Directors -- 10. The Early Twenties -- 11. Griffith in the Twenties -- 12. The Mid-1920's: The New Dominance of the Female Star -- 13. Genres -- 14. The Western -- 15. Comedy -- 16. The Peak Years -- 17. Art Direction and Production Design -- 18. European Influences -- 19. Transition to Sound: Early Talkies -- Appendix:The State of Film Scholarship in America - The Silent Film: Books, Films, Archives, and Other Reference Tools -- Chronology: The Movies in America: Art and Industry - A Chronological Survey of Highlights of the Silent Period.

ISBN

019502348X :

LCCN

^^^77025188^//r902

OCLC

3481366

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library