Overview

Each entry includes brief biographical and career data for the performer, with birthplace and year of birth and death. An overview of commercially published books and articles about or written by the performer is given next. The entry then provides a list of archival materials, including clipping files, photographs and stills, letters, scrapbooks and other memorabilia.

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an extensive bibliography on silent film, a directory of collections related to silent films and a name index make up this volume.... Recommended--Choice; solidly produced --Reference Reviews ; an incredible book...a very useful book all around --Classic Images.

"an extensive bibliography on silent film, a directory of collections related to silent films and a name index make up this volume.... Recommended--Choice; """"solidly produced""""--Reference Reviews ; """"an incredible book...a very useful book all around""""--Classic Images."

an extensive bibliography on silent film, a directory of collections related to silent films and a name index make up this volume.... Recommended --<i>Choice</i>; solidly produced --<i>Reference Reviews</i>; amazing...a very useful book --<i>Classic Images</i>; Liebman has compiled an invaluable list of sources for the dedicated researcher...highly recommended --<i>The Silent Film Monthly</i>; a valuable guide for film scholars to sources otherwise nearly impossible to know about --<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>.

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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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