Contains essays and articles from seventeen noted film studies experts, including Lewis Jacobs, Tom Milne, John Tibbetts, Gaylord Carter, Robert and Helen Merrell Lynd, and Anthony Slide. Chapters provide the reader with a well-rounded view of the societal influences that inspired the films and the techniques that directors, filmmakers, and actors used to portray the world around them. Appendixes list studio activity in the 20s, give listings of the titles and directors noted in all five volumes of the series, and provide annotations for each film.

About the Author
Richard Dyer MacCann is the author of well over forty published articles and twelve books. He has served as the Hollywood correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and as editor of Cinema Journal. He has produced five works on film and two video series, which include half-hour lectures that coordinate with the books in this series.

Reviews
...is a homily and an extremely worthwhile one at that to a historic period in film history and one to which, as the author so amply demonstrates, all film makers, writers and scholars, owe a significant debt. * Historical Journal of Film, Radio, & Television *
...brings together reprints of articles that will inform and entertain you. Recommended. * The Silent Film Monthly *



Book Information
ISBN 9780810832565
Author Richard Dyer MacCann
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Scarecrow Press
Publisher Scarecrow Press
Weight(grams) 204g
Dimensions(mm) 217mm * 136mm * 10mm