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Silent Lives

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 Brownlow (who provides the foreword) says: If you ever wondered who created the movies, this fascinating book will provide the answer.

Subject
biography
Themes
movies
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
long · 411 pages

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