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Seductive cinema:

the art of silent film
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Knopf, May 1, 1994 - Performing Arts - 319 pages
From a distinguished film historian comes an exhilarating celebration of silent movies that offers a new understanding of the art. Card talks about the men and women who wrote, directed, filmed and starred in the great silent films and discusses their various achievements. 165 photos.

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Contents

Introduction
3
In the Beginning
13
An Art Declasse
24
Copyright

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About the author (1994)

Card was director of the Department of Film at the George Eastman House of Photography in Rochester, N.Y. for twenty-nine years. The 1998 Telluride Film Festival was dedicated to him, the latest of many honors accorded him during his remarkable career.

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TitleSeductive cinema: the art of silent film
Borzoi book
AuthorJames Card
PublisherKnopf, 1994
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized26 Feb 2008
ISBN0394572181, 9780394572185
Length319 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Performing Arts / Film & Video / General
Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Silent films
Silent films - History and criticism
Silent films/ History and criticism
  
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