Withall, Keith creator text enk Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Auteur Publishing 2014 monographic eng

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169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm In this accessible introduction to early and silent cinema, which is currently enjoying a renaissance, both academically and in the popular imagination thanks to “The artist”, Keith Withall provides both a comprehensive chronology of the period until the birth of sound and also a series of detailed case studies on the key films from the period – some well-known (including Griffith’s “The birth of a nation”, Eisenstein’s “Strike” and Chaplin’s “The kid”), some perhaps less well familiar (including Murnau’s “The last laugh” and Oscar Micheaux’s “Within our gates”). by Keith Withall Includes indexes. First published in 2009 as Early and silent cinema : a teacher's guide Cine mudo Cine mudo Catálogos Actores y actrices de cine Directores y productores de cine PN 1995.75 W822s 2014 9781906733698 1906733694 260528 20260617101609.0 eng