Research Catalog

Title

The survival of American silent feature films, 1912-1929 / by David Pierce.

Author

Pierce, David.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Council on Library and Information Resources and The Library of Congress, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Council on Library and Information Resources
• Library of Congress
• National Film Preservation Board (U.S.)

Description

viii, 63 pages : color illustrations, color graphs; 28 cm.

Series Statement

CLIR publication ; no. 158

Subject

• Motion picture film > Preservation > United States
• Motion picture film collections > United States > Archival resources
• Silent films > United States > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• "Commissioned for and sponsored by the National Film Preservation Board."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / James H. Billington -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- The silent film era comes to an end -- Overview of what has been lost -- Evolving views of silent cinema -- The cultural loss -- The cinematic loss -- Methodology, definitions, and scope of this study -- Purpose of this study -- Definition of an American silent feature film -- Historical period of study -- Sources of data -- Findings -- Most American silent feature films are lost -- Not all surviving films are complete -- Films survive in different formats -- The preferred edition is the 35mm domestic-release version -- Many films survive only in small-gauge formats -- Summary of surviving film elements -- Source of the surviving copies -- Studios -- Independent producers -- Stars and directors -- Private collectors -- Films surviving only in foreign archives -- Foreign distribution -- American films recovered from foreign archives -- Identification and repatriation -- The likelihood of future discoveries -- Additional considerations -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix: FIAF Archives reporting holdings of American silent feature films.

ISBN

• 9781932326390 (alk. paper)
• 1932326391 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013026170

OCLC

853435893

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library