Looks at how silent films dealt with social issues, including drug abuse, alcoholism, crime, racism, abortion, prostitution, disease, and poverty

Kevin Brownlow was originally approached by David Lean to assist him with his autobiography. On Lean's death in 1989, Brownlow turned his many hours of conversation and ...

Examines the most influential and controversial films and film stars of the 1960s, their reflection on the changing society of the time, and their influence on the relationship ...

A retrospective analysis of the work of such stars as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon, and Laurel and Hardy.

Looks at the history of silent films and includes profiles of Cecil B. DeMille, Josef von Sternberg, King Vidor, Monta Bell, and silent actors

Published for the first time in English in 1994 as Burning Passions, Cherchi Usai's groundbreaking guide to silent film studies has become the indispensable textbook for ...

Rare period photographs, production shots, and film stills--many never before published--celebrate the life and career of silent-film star Mary Pickford, in an illustrated ...

The official pictorial book tie-in to the film Bram Stoker's Dracula, including the complete screenplay

Provides story lines, production notes, and reviews for twenty-seven silent films, which due to lack of film preservation, have no viewable prints available