This book details the fate of an entire art form—the silent cinema—in the United States during the 1930s and how it managed to survive the onslaught of soun

Presents the life and career of the silent film star, debunking many of the rumors stirred since his death eighty years ago, including his high-profile romances

Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton is an epic look at a genius at work and at a Hollywood that no longer exists. Pain

Hollywood Vault is the story of how the business of film libraries emerged and evolved, spanning the silent era to the sale of feature libraries to television.

This text offers readers a look at the time when sound was a vexing challenge for filmmakers and the source of contentious debate for audiences and critics. The