
Films of the 1920s
Richard Dyer MacCann(Author)
Scarecrow Press
Published on 26. December 1996
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-8108-3255-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
...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 *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8108-3255-8 (9780810832558)
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Person
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.