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Albert Capellani: Pioneer of the Silent Screen

Albert Capellani: Pioneer of the Silent Screen - Hardcover

by Christine Leteux
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Availability:In StockContributor:Christine Leteux, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)Series:Screen ClassicsPublish date:2015-12-10Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813166438ISBN-10:813166438UPC:9780813166438Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director, FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:8.90 x 5.70 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCMGP9V3B6
In recent years, technology has given films of the silent era and their creators a second life as new processes have eased their restoration and distribution. Among the films benefitting from these developments are the works of director Albert Capellani (1874-1931), whose oeuvre was instrumental in the development of cinema in the early 1900s and whose contributions rival those of D. W. Griffith. For the first time in English, Christine Leteux's essential biography of Capellani offers a detaile
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813166438ISBN-10:813166438UPC:9780813166438Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director, FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:8.90 x 5.70 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCMGP9V3B6

Christine Leteux is the author of Albert Capellani: Cineaste du Romanesque. She has translated a number of works, including Kevin Brownlow's The Parade's Gone By, Napoleon: Abel Gance's Classic Film, and How It Happened Here, and also worked as a researcher for the documentary Natan.


Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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Christine Leteux, Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by)

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Christine Leteux

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