The acclaimed film historian's history of silent movies draws on the recollections of actors, directors, producers, cameramen, art directors, property men, editors, and stunt ...

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 ...

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 ...

Documents the lives and careers of America's first women directors and provides an introduction to the subject of women in the American silent-film industry.

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

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