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Silent Cinema (227 books)

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Filmmakers in the Moving Picture World:An Index of Articles, 1907-1927

(1997)

An Index of Articles, 1907-1927

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Silent Portraits:Stars of the Silent Screen in Historic Photographs

(1997)

Stars of the Silent Screen in Historic Photographs

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This Mad Masquerade:Stardom and Masculinity in the Jazz Age

(1996)

Stardom and Masculinity in the Jazz Age

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The Birth of Whiteness:Race and the Emergence of United States Cinema

(1996)

Race and the Emergence of United States Cinema

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The Dream That Kicks:The Prehistory and Early Years of Cinema in Britain

(1995)

The Prehistory and Early Years of Cinema in Britain

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Bad Women:Regulating Sexuality in Early American Cinema

(1995)

Regulating Sexuality in Early American Cinema

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The Last Machine:Early Cinema and the Birth of the Modern World

(1995)

Early Cinema and the Birth of the Modern World

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An Evening's Entertainment:History of American Cinema vol.3

(1994)

History of American Cinema vol.3

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The Transformation of Cinema 1907-1915:History of the American Cinema vol.2

(1994)

History of the American Cinema vol.2

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The Emergence of Cinema:History of the American Cinema vol.1

(1994)

History of the American Cinema vol.1

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Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films:Plot Synopses of Movies About Moonshining, Feuding and Other Mountain Topics, 1904-1929

(1994)

Plot Synopses of Movies About Moonshining, Feuding and Other Mountain Topics, 1904-1929

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Babel and Babylon:Spectatorship in American Silent Film

(1991)

Spectatorship in American Silent Film

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Early Cinema:Space, Frame, Narrative

(1990)

Space, Frame, Narrative

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French Cinema: The First Wave, 1915-1929

(1984)

The First Wave, 1915-1929

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Screening Out the Past:The Birth of Mass Culture and the Motion Picture Industry

(1983)

The Birth of Mass Culture and the Motion Picture Industry

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The Astoria Studio and Its Fabulous Films:A Picture History with 227 Stills and Photographs

(1983)

A Picture History with 227 Stills and Photographs

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The Comic Mind:Comedy and the Movies

(1979)

Comedy and the Movies

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Early women directors:Their Role in the Development of the Silent Cinema

(1977)

Their Role in the Development of the Silent Cinema

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The Idols of Silence:Stars of the Cinema Before the Talkies

(1977)

Stars of the Cinema Before the Talkies

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Lonesome Luke's Lively Life:Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd and the Rolin Film Co.

(2025)

Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd and the Rolin Film Co.

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June Mathis:The Rise and Fall of a Silent Film Visionary

(2025)

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King Vidor in Focus:On the Filmmaker's Artistry and Vision

(2024)

On the Filmmaker's Artistry and Vision

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Designing Russian Cinema:The Production Artist and the Material Environment in Silent Era Film

(2024)

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Moving Pictures:Karl Struss and the Rise of Hollywood

(2024)

Karl Struss and the Rise of Hollywood

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Beautiful:The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator

(2024)

The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator

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Archival Film Curatorship:Early and Silent Cinema from Analog to Digital

(2023)

Early and Silent Cinema from Analog to Digital

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Mabel Normand:The Life and Career of a Hollywood Madcap

(2023)

The Life and Career of a Hollywood Madcap

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Vampires on the Silent Screen:Cinema's First Age of Vampires 1897-1922

(2023)

Cinema's First Age of Vampires 1897-1922

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Theda Bara:Her Career, Life and Legend

(2023)

Her Career, Life and Legend

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Beyond the Movie Theater:Sites, Sponsors, Uses, Audiences

(2023)

Sites, Sponsors, Uses, Audiences

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Action, Action, Action:The Early Cinema of Raoul Walsh

(2022)

The Early Cinema of Raoul Walsh

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Pimple's Progress:Fred Evans, Britain's First Film Comedy Star

(2022)

Fred Evans, Britain's First Film Comedy Star

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Performative Figures of Queer Masculinity:A Media History of Film and Cinema in Germany Until 1945

(2022)

A Media History of Film and Cinema in Germany Until 1945

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The Hygienic Apparatus:Weimar Cinema and Environmental Disorder

(2022)

Weimar Cinema and Environmental Disorder

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Vitagraph:America's First Great Motion Picture Studio

(2022)

America's First Great Motion Picture Studio

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Silent Renoir:Philosophy and the Interpretation of Early Film

(2022)

Philosophy and the Interpretation of Early Film

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John Gilbert:The Last of the Silent Film Stars

(2022)

The Last of the Silent Film Stars

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The First True Hitchcock:The Making of a Filmmaker

(2022)

The Making of a Filmmaker

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Nazimova:A Biography

(2021)

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Pictorial Affects, Senses of Rupture:On the Poetics and Culture of Popular German Cinema, 1910-1930

(2021)

On the Poetics and Culture of Popular German Cinema, 1910-1930

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The Long Century's Long Shadow:Weimar Cinema and the Romantic Modern

(2021)

Weimar Cinema and the Romantic Modern

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Struggles for Recognition:Melodrama and Visibility in Latin American Silent Film

(2021)

Melodrama and Visibility in Latin American Silent Film

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Dan Mason:From Vaudeville to Broadway to the Silent Screen

(2021)

From Vaudeville to Broadway to the Silent Screen

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Sunrise:A Song of Two Humans

(2020)

A Song of Two Humans

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Early British Animation:From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens

(2019)

From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens

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The Lives of Justine Johnstone:Follies Star, Research Scientist, Social Activist

(2018)

Follies Star, Research Scientist, Social Activist

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D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation:A Guide for Filmmakers, Critics, and Scholars

(2018)

A Guide for Filmmakers, Critics, and Scholars

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A Place of Darkness:The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema

(2018)

The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema

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Pink-Slipped:What Happened to Women in the Silent Film Industries?

(2018)

What Happened to Women in the Silent Film Industries?

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Barbara La Marr:The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood

(2017)

The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood

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The Man Who Made the Movies:The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox

(2017)

The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox

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The Dream That Kicks:The Prehistory and Early Years of Cinema in Britain

(2017)

The Prehistory and Early Years of Cinema in Britain

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Max Linder:Father of Film Comedy

(2017)

Father of Film Comedy

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Pola Negri:The Hollywood Years

(2017)

The Hollywood Years

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Slapstick Divas:The Women of Silent Comedy

(2017)

The Women of Silent Comedy

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Harry Langdon:King of Silent Comedy

(2017)

King of Silent Comedy

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Cinema by Design:Art Nouveau, Modernism, and Film History

(2017)

Art Nouveau, Modernism, and Film History

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Bebe Daniels:Hollywood's Good Little Bad Girl

(2016)

Hollywood's Good Little Bad Girl

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She Could Be Chaplin!:The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell

(2016)

The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell

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Pola Negri:Temptress of Silent Hollywood

(2016)

Temptress of Silent Hollywood

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When the Cock Crows:A History of the Pathé Exchange

(2016)

A History of the Pathé Exchange

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Buccaneer:James Stuart Blackton and the Birth of American Movies

(2016)

James Stuart Blackton and the Birth of American Movies

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Nanook of the North - From 1922 to Today:The Famous Arctic Documentary and Its Afterlife

(2016)

The Famous Arctic Documentary and Its Afterlife

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Oscar Micheaux and His Circle:African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era

(2016)

African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era

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The Promise of Cinema:German Film Theory, 1907–1933

(2016)

German Film Theory, 1907–1933

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Mary Pickford:Hollywood and the New Woman

(2016)

Hollywood and the New Woman

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Hollywood Pioneer:The Life and Times of Hal Roach

(2016)

The Life and Times of Hal Roach

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The Ice Cream Blonde:The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd

(2015)

The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd

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The First King of Hollywood:The Life of Douglas Fairbanks

(2015)

The Life of Douglas Fairbanks

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The Shape of Spectatorship:Art, Science, and Early Cinema in Germany

(2015)

Art, Science, and Early Cinema in Germany

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Seeing Sarah Bernhardt:Performance and Silent Film

(2015)

Performance and Silent Film

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Rex Ingram:Visionary Director of the Silent Screen

(2014)

Visionary Director of the Silent Screen

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Silver Lake Chronicles:Exploring an Urban Oasis in Los Angeles

(2014)

Exploring an Urban Oasis in Los Angeles

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Germaine Dulac: A Cinema of Sensations

(2014)

A Cinema of Sensations

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Pola Negri:Hollywood's First Femme Fatale

(2014)

Hollywood's First Femme Fatale

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Exporting Perilous Pauline:Pearl White and Serial Film Craze

(2013)

Pearl White and Serial Film Craze

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Mary Pickford:Queen of the Movies

(2012)

Queen of the Movies

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Geraldine Farrar:Opera's Charismatic Innovator

(2012)

Opera's Charismatic Innovator

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The Fox Film Corporation, 1915–1935:A History and Filmography

(2012)

A History and Filmography

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Margarita Fischer:A Biography of the Silent Film Star

(2012)

A Biography of the Silent Film Star

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Colleen Moore:A Biography of the Silent Film Star

(2012)

A Biography of the Silent Film Star

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Theda Bara:A Biography of the Silent Screen Vamp, With a Filmography

(2012)

A Biography of the Silent Screen Vamp, With a Filmography

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Thomas Ince:Hollywood's Independent Pioneer

(2012)

Hollywood's Independent Pioneer

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Mary Pickford:Canada's Silent Siren, America's Sweetheart

(2011)

Canada's Silent Siren, America's Sweetheart

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The Funny Parts:A History of Film Comedy Routines and Gags

(2011)

A History of Film Comedy Routines and Gags

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Silent Visions:Discovering Early Hollywood and New York Through the Films of Harold Lloyd

(2011)

Discovering Early Hollywood and New York Through the Films of Harold Lloyd

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Film and Attraction:From Kinematography to Cinema

(2011)

From Kinematography to Cinema

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Twilight of the Idols:Hollywood and the Human Sciences in 1920s America

(2011)

Hollywood and the Human Sciences in 1920s America

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Broken Silence:Conversations with 23 Silent Film Stars

(2011)

Conversations with 23 Silent Film Stars

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Syd Chaplin:A Biography

(2010)

A Biography

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The Tenth Muse:Writing about Cinema in the Modernist Period

(2010)

Writing about Cinema in the Modernist Period

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Visions of Japanese Modernity:Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925

(2010)

Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925

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Universal Women:Filmmaking and Institutional Change in Early Hollywood

(2010)

Filmmaking and Institutional Change in Early Hollywood

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ZaSu Pitts:The Life and Career

(2010)

The Life and Career

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The Uncanny Gaze:The Drama of Early German Cinema

(2010)

The Drama of Early German Cinema

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Irving Thalberg:Boy Wonder to Producer Prince

(2009)

Boy Wonder to Producer Prince

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The Universal Silents:A Filmography of the Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company, 1912–1929

(2009)

A Filmography of the Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company, 1912–1929

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Karl Dane:A Biography and Filmography

(2009)

A Biography and Filmography

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Harold Lloyd: Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses

(2009)

Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses

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Ramon Novarro:A Biography of the Silent Film Idol, 1899–1968: With a Filmography

(2009)

A Biography of the Silent Film Idol, 1899–1968: With a Filmography

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Lillian Gish:A Life on Stage and Screen

(2009)

A Life on Stage and Screen

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Silent Mystery and Detective Movies:A Comprehensive Filmography

(2009)

A Comprehensive Filmography

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Silent Film Stars on the Stages of Seattle:A History of Performances by Hollywood Notables

(2009)

A History of Performances by Hollywood Notables

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Berlin Alexanderplatz:Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture

(2009)

Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture

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The Fun Factory:The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture

(2008)

The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture

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The Haunted Screen:Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt

(2008)

Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt

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Harry Langdon:His Life and Films

(2008)

His Life and Films

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D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation:A History of 'The Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time'

(2008)

A History of 'The Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time'

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Forgeries of Memory and Meaning:Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II

(2007)

Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II

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Between Two Worlds:The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933

(2007)

The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933

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Balboa Films:A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio

(2007)

A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio

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Olive Thomas:The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty

(2007)

The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty

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Ford Sterling:The Life and Films

(2007)

The Life and Films

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Sessue Hayakawa:Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom

(2007)

Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom

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New Women of the Silent Screen:China, Japan, Hollywood Volume 20

(2006)

China, Japan, Hollywood Volume 20

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Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird:Her Complete 1930 Memoir, with a New Biography and Filmography

(2006)

Her Complete 1930 Memoir, with a New Biography and Filmography

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Marie Dressler:A Biography: With a Listing of Major Stage Performances, a Filmography and a Discography

(2006)

A Biography: With a Listing of Major Stage Performances, a Filmography and a Discography

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Silent Traces:Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin

(2006)

Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin

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Murder in Hollywood:Solving a Silent Screen Mystery

(2006)

Solving a Silent Screen Mystery

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An Amorous History of the Silver Screen:Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937

(2006)

Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937

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Zones Of Anxiety:Movement, Musidora, and the crime serials of Louis Feuillade

(2005)

Movement, Musidora, and the crime serials of Louis Feuillade

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Dark Lover:The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino

(2004)

The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino

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D.W. Griffith:An American Life

(2004)

An American Life

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The Girl from God's Country:Nell Shipman and the Silent Cinema

(2003)

Nell Shipman and the Silent Cinema

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Legitimate Cinema:Theatre Stars in Silent British Films, 1908-1918

(2003)

Theatre Stars in Silent British Films, 1908-1918

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D.W. Griffith's Intolerance:Its Genesis and Its Vision

(2002)

Its Genesis and Its Vision

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Young And Innocent?:The Cinema in Britain, 1896-1930

(2002)

The Cinema in Britain, 1896-1930

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Picture Personalities:The Emergence of the Star System in America

(2001)

The Emergence of the Star System in America

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At the Picture Show:Small-Town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture

(2001)

Small-Town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture

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Von:The Life & Films of Erich Von Stroheim

(2001)

The Life & Films of Erich Von Stroheim

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Silent Stars Speak:Interviews with Twelve Cinema Pioneers

(2001)

Interviews with Twelve Cinema Pioneers

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Hollywood Destinies:European Directors in America 1922-1931

(2001)

European Directors in America 1922-1931

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Writing Himself Into History:Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films, and His Audiences

(2000)

Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films, and His Audiences

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Weimar Cinema and After:Germany's Historical Imaginary

(2000)

Germany's Historical Imaginary

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Clara Bow:Runnin' Wild

(2000)

Runnin' Wild

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The Mary Pickford Handbook: Everything You Need to Know About Mary Pickford

(2000)

Everything You Need to Know About Mary Pickford

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Silent Echoes:Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton

(2000)

Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton

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Horror in Silent Films:A Filmography, 1896-1929

(1999)

A Filmography, 1896-1929

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Mary Pickford rediscovered: Rare pictures of a Hollywood legend

(1999)

Rare pictures of a Hollywood legend

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Sunrise:A Song of Two Humans

(1998)

A Song of Two Humans

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Without Lying Down:Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood

(1998)

Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood

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Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara

(1996)

The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara

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Before Mickey:The Animated Film 1898-1928

(1993)

The Animated Film 1898-1928

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Sweethearts of the Sage:Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies

(1992)

Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies

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Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company

(1991)

Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company

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Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime

(1990)

Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime

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The Big V:A History of the Vitagraph Company

(1987)

A History of the Vitagraph Company

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The Man You Loved To Hate:Erich Von Stroheim and Hollywood

(1983)

Erich Von Stroheim and Hollywood

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Embattled shadows:a history of Canadian cinema, 1895-1939

(1978)

a history of Canadian cinema, 1895-1939

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