A narrative and photographic history of the early days of the movies, combining fact, anecdote, and reminiscence in a critical survey of films, actors, directors, producers ...

Gregg Bachman and Thomas J. Slater present an array of essays that reveal the incredible complexity of silent films and the era in which they were produced. Essentially, silent ...

The films and the great personalities of the silent movie era in America are reviewed in photographs and running text

A history of the American film industry and its leading figures from the end of World War I to the stock market crash

An eminent film historian illuminates the stars of silent film.

First in vaudeville, then in silent films, the comic art of W. C. Fields was his unique ability, antic imagination with masterful pantomime. With the coming of the talkies ...