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Parade's Gone By by Kevin Brownlow (1976, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520030680

ISBN-139780520030688

eBay Product ID (ePID)1038542

Product Key Features

Book TitleParade's Gone by

Number of Pages608 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFilm / General, Film / History & Criticism

Publication Year1976

IllustratorYes

FeaturesReprint

GenrePerforming Arts

AuthorKevin Brownlow

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight36.9 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN75-017302

Dewey Edition18

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsBrownlow is also a fanatical historian and an eloquent writer. The resulting combination of scholarship, first hand knowledge and superbly articulated passion is rarein books about movies (or about anything else). Brownlow's book is a fascinating compilation of stills, reminiscences, and facts. It is a perceptive and indeed definitive account of the silent era , and an artist's notably eloquent eulogy to a generation of artists who went before him. It takes a permanent place on anyone's shelf of books about the movies., A plethoric and consistently fascinating work, containing much fresh material. . . . Kevin Brownlow covers actors, directors, producers, scenarists, photographers, art directors, editors, title-writers, stuntmen and technicians . . . a generous, valuable book., The surprise of this book dealing with film history is that it is gripping reading. One hopes it may be absorbing reading also for those who have yet to discover the wonders of the silent film., Not since Terry Ramsaye's memorable A Million and One Nights was published back in 1926 have the colorful early days of the movies . . . been re-created and freshly documented with such flair and fervor. . . . The book is a must for movie buffs., Though silent film was no more than 40 years past when this rich, fascinating survey of its history was published, it felt as ancient then to many budding cinephiles as it does to those today. Brownlow's book, with its phenomenal interweaving of facts, anecdotes, interviews, and stunning array of pictures made what seemed dated and passe fresh and demanding to be experienced. Few books on cinema have ever made the movies they covered come alive as much as here to those who have not yet seen them. Among its achievements was the rediscovery of the mostly forgotten French pioneer Abel Gance., By doing the digging that most American cinema historians avoid or minimize, [Brownlow] has offered us a whole new range of contributors to film-making.

Dewey Decimal791.43/0973

Edition DescriptionReprint

Table Of ContentI INTRODUCTION 2 THE PRIMITIVE YEARS 3 EARLY DAYS AT VITA GRAPH 4 THE EXPERIMENTERS 5 EARLY HOLLYWOOD 6 FROM BIRTH OF A NATION TO INTOLERANCE 7 DIRECTORS 8 D.W. GRIFFITH 9 ALLAN DWAN IO HENRY KING II MARY PICKFORD 12 CLARENCE BROWN 13 THE LOST WORK OF EDWARD SLOMAN 14 WILLIAM WELLMAN 15 CECIL B. DE MILLE 16 fOSEF VON STERNBERG 17 THE CAMERAMAN 18 CHARLES ROSHER 19 ART DIRECTION 20 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS IN ROBIN HOOD 21 THE GOLDEN PATH; OR, THE CURSE OF MELODRAMA 22 SCENARIO 23 EDITING: THE HIDDEN POWER 24 TWO UNIQUE PROCESSES: TINTING AND TITLING 25 MARGARET BOOTH 26 WILLIAM HORNBECK 27 STUNT MEN OF SILENT PICTURES 28 YOU CAN'T MAKE A PICTURE WITHOUT 'EM 29 IT WAS A TOUGH LIFE 30 THE SILENTS WERE NEVER SILENT 31 ACTING 32 THE STARS 33 GERALDINE FARRAR 34 GLORIA SW ANSON 35 BETTY BLYTHE 36 THE HEROIC FIASCO: BEN-HUR 37 PRODUCERS 38 LOUIS B. MAYER AND IRVING TH ALBERG 39 DAVID 0. SELZNICK 40 WE'RE NOT LAUGHING UKE WE USED TO 41 REGINALD DENNY 42 HAROLD LLOYD 43 BUSTER KEATON 44 CHAPLIN 45 THE SILENT FILM IN EUROPE 46 ABEL GANCE 47 THE TALKING PICTURE

SynopsisThe magic of the silent screen, illuminated by the recollections of those who created it. They speak in this book--the pioneering directors (Henry King, Clarence Brown, William Wellman), the stars and producer-stars (Harold Lloyd, Mary Pickford, Geraldine Farrar, Gloria Swanson), the cameramen, the film editors, the creative giants of the silent screen who, flying by the seat of their pants, improvised their films on location, evolved--indeed invented--the techniques and concepts that we take for granted today. With frames and photographs you've never seen before, with pungently alive firsthand recollections, The Parade's Gone By ... re-creates the earliest days of the movies, how the first moving pictures were actually shot, how the first film makers responded to the new medium untrammeled by rules and conventions--and turned a crude, fumbling gimmick into art.

LC Classification NumberPN1993.5.U6B7 1968b