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An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928 Volume 3

Richard Koszarski

The silent cinema was America's first modern entertainment industry, a complex social, cultural, and technological phenomenon that swept the country in the early years of the twentieth century. Richard Koszarski examines the underlying structures that made the silent-movie era work, from the operations of eastern bankers to the problems of neighborhood theater musicians. He offers a new perspective on the development of this major new industry and art form and the public's response to it.

Book Details

  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publish Date: May 4th, 1994
  • Pages: 3
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 10.00in - 7.04in - 0.93in - 1.92lb
  • EAN: 9780520085350
  • Categories: Film - History & Criticism

About the Author

Richard Koszarski is Head of Collections and Exhibitions at the American Museum of the Moving Image. He is author of The Man You Loved to Hate: Erich von Stroheim and Hollywood (1983) and editor of Film History.

Praise for this book

"[Koszarski] brings to the period not only a secure awareness of its motion pictures and major players, but also a joy in the appreciation of movies. His book is alive with the flavor of the great silent film era, its people, its products, even its advertisements."--Jeanine Basinger, "New York Times Book Review