From Silents to Sound: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Performers Who Made the Transition to Talking Pictures
Author:   Roy Liebman
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9780786440627


Pages:   319
Publication Date:   11 February 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Roy Liebman
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9780786440627


ISBN 10:   0786440627
Pages:   319
Publication Date:   11 February 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction      THE ENCYCLOPEDIA      Appendix I: Some Silent Stars Who Did Not Appear in Talkies      Appendix II: The One- and Two-Shot Wonders      Selected Bibliography      Index     

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“most interesting...even the most casual browser will be impressed...thought provoking...recommended”—Booklist; “[a] well-written, educational, and eminently readable look at the turbulent history of an industry that affects us all”—ARBA; “wonderful”—Public Library Quarterly; “fill[s] [a] niche in film biography...useful”—Choice; “very readable...informative...the author writes engagingly and his descriptions of the performers and their screen personas are right on target”—The Silents Majority.


Most interesting...even the most casual browser will be impressed...thought provoking...recommended -- Booklist/RBB Booklist/RBB


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Roy Liebman, formerly a librarian and film bibliographer at California State University, works at the Los Angeles Public Library. He is the author of several reference books on the cinema, published by McFarland. A book reviewer for Library Journal and Magill Online Reviews, he lives in California.

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