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Silent Cinema
Author(s): Brian J Robb (Author)
- Publisher: Kamera Books
- Publication Date: 2 Feb. 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 168 pages
- ISBN-10: 1904048633
- ISBN-13: 9781904048633
Book Description
Silent cinema was never truly silent. Performances were often accompanied by live music and the noise of the audiences more than made up for the lack of a soundtrack in the movie. From the origins of cinema to the advent of sound in 1929 with The Jazz Singer, many of the ground rules of the medium were laid and film-making techniques developed, including editing and special effects, styles of acting, filming on location and much more. A study of the earliest origins of cinema to the stars, comedians and directors who started it all.
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About the Author
Brian J. Robb is a writer and biographer whose previous books includ a New York Times-bestselling biography of Leonardo DiCaprio; Screams & Nightmares, the definitive book on horror director Wes Craven; biographies of Johnny Depp and Ewan McGregor; and Counterfeit Worlds. He is managing editor at Titan Magazines and editor of the Official Star Wars Magazine.
