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David Lean: A Biography

David Lean: A Biography more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

Kevin Brownlow makes use of his broad knowledge of the art and industry of film--as a historian of silent film and a film editor in his own right--to present the career of, arguably, the most famous and successful of all British film directors.

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Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy

Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy more books like this

by Matthew Kennedy, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)

Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory is the first biography ever written on one of the great talents of early twentieth century filmmaking. He is most remembered today as the director of Grand Hotel, the great Event Movie of the Depression. He wrote the story for the first musical, the Academy Award-winning The Broadway Melody and collaborated memorably ...

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The parade's gone by

The parade's gone by more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

This book attempts to correct the distortions, for the silent era was the richest in the cinema's history. The author has tried to recapture the spirit of era through the words of those who created it. Linking chapters provide a context for the interviews has led to gaps, and I cannot claim that his book is definitive.

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Buster Keaton Remembered

Buster Keaton Remembered more books like this

by Eleanor Keaton, Jeffrey Vance, Kevin Brownlow (Afterword by)

A unique illustrated survey of Keaton's life and films, recalled by his wife of 26 years, Eleanor Keaton, and film historian Jeffrey Vance. Keaton's career was fascinating and dramatic, spanning the history of twentieth-century American comedy, both in vaudeville and in cinema.

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Mary Pickford Rediscovered

Mary Pickford Rediscovered more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow, Robert Cushman (Introduction by)

"America's Sweetheart" is the subject of this lavish tribute, illustrated with fabulous film stills, rare production shots, and personal photographs--most never before published. 232 illustrations.

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Hollywood: The Pioneers more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

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The War, West & Wildernes more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

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The war the west and the wilderness more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

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Hollywood's Children: An Inside Account of the Child Star Era

Hollywood's Children: An Inside Account of the Child Star Era more books like this

by Diana Serra Cary, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)

Diana Serra Cary's well-wrought, empathetic narrative presents the underside of the glittering stage and screen world: frightened children, merchants who buy and sell childhood as a commodity, rapacious stage mothers and fathers whose ambition and avarice make them willing to sacrifice their children to fulfill their own dreams. The first part of ...

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How it happened here

How it happened here more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

How It Happened Here tells the story of the making of a film and the subsequent reception that the film received and the controversy and alarm that it stirred up when it was first released. The film-makers were two teenagers (18 and 16) and they started out with no budget and a borrowed 16 mm camera. The project took 8 years to complete. Part of ...

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The Encyclopedia of Great Filmmakers

The Encyclopedia of Great Filmmakers more books like this

by Professor John C Tibbetts, James M Welsh, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)

A guide to the faces behind the camera. Hailed for their personal and distinctive approaches to moviemaking, filmmakers and directors are now as popular as the actors in their films. This work profiles the most influential people involved behind the camera. Each entry provides a biographical portrait of the filmmaker, including a look at his or ...

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Sarah Bernhardt in the Theatre of Films and Sound Recordings

Sarah Bernhardt in the Theatre of Films and Sound Recordings more books like this

by David W Menefee, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)

Exhaustive research in every major archive of the world has created this compilation of information and images focusing on Bernhardt's films and twenty early wax-cylinder and disc recordings. Detailed analyses of the motion pictures include plot synopses, casts, production notes, and contemporary reviews. Complete records of Bernhardt's work on ...

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Behind the mask of innocence more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

This is the final segment of Kevin Brownlow's trilogy, of which the first two volumes were "The Parade's Gone By...", about the entertainment movies of the twenties, and "The War, The West And The Wilderness". During the first twenty years of this century, crime, drugs, alcohol, prostitution, venereal disease, abortion, poverty and racism were ...

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Napoleon more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

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The American film heritage; impressions from the American Film Institute archives more books like this

by Tom Shales, Kevin Brownlow, American Film Institute

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Napoleon: Abel Gance's Silent Classic more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

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A Darling of the Twenties: The Autobiography of Madge Bellamy more books like this

by Madge Bellamy, Kevin Brownlow (Introduction by)

...to be cherished by anyone who appreciates the importance of preserving film heritage. --Variety

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

Silent Traces: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin more books like this

by John Bengtson, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)

Uncovering tidbits of the history of Los Angeles and the early film industry that are hidden within Charlie Chaplin's timeless films, this stunning work of cinematic archeology combines Chaplin's movie images with archival photographs, vintage maps, contemporary photographs, and scores of then-and-now comparison photographs to conjure up the ...

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Silent Lives more books like this

by Lon Davis, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)

"A truly delightful, interesting and informative volume - with a nice (and very mixed) choice of subjects." Anthony Slide Silent Lives contains 100 biographical sketches of the great--and near great--of the silent film era. Each vividly written profile is illustrated by exquisite photographs, many of which have not been seen in decades. Kevin ...

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Speaking of Silents more books like this

by William M Drew, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)

A fascinating portrait of the early silver screen through inteviews with ten of its most glamorous stars.

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Rex Ingram, master of the silent cinema more books like this

by Liam O'Leary

Rex Ingram established his reputation in the 1920s with the success of such films as "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and "Scaramouche". This book follows his career from his formative years in Dublin through his apprenticeship in New York, his years in Hollywood, and his periods in Nice, North Africa and elsewhere. It features stills from ...

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The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, 2-Volume Set more books like this

by Professor John C Tibbetts, James Michael Welsh, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)

In two volumes, this reference provides a survey that profiles more than 350 filmmakers from every branch of the industry, including independent films, French new wave, documentaries, Hollywood blockbusters, silent films, and more. Filmmakers have been chosen for the strength of their cinematic vision. Each entry features a biographical portrait ...

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Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Crime: Films of Social Conscience in the Silent Era more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

Combining film history and social history, the author surveys the treatment of contemporary social problems by film directors and producers in the early part of the century. This is the history of silent films, documenting many that have been lost or forgotten. The author is the winner of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History.

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Silent Lives Hb more books like this

by Lon Davis, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)

"A truly delightful, interesting and informative volume - with a nice (and very mixed) choice of subjects." Anthony Slide Silent Lives contains 100 biographical sketches of the great--and near great--of the silent film era. Each vividly written profile is illustrated by exquisite photographs, many of which have not been seen in decades. Kevin ...

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Napoleon, Abel Gance's Classic Film more books like this

by Kevin Brownlow

When he was fifteen, Kevin Brownlow saw two reels of the 1927 "Napoleon", and it changed his life. The film was more daring, both technically and artistically, than anything he had ever seen. How could it have been forgotten? Brownlow got in touch with the film's director and tracked down members of its cast and crew. He discovered that the making ...

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