Silent Movies The Birth Of Film And The Triumph Of Movie Culture 1st Peter Kobel by Peter Kobel, Martin Scorsese (foreword), Kevin Brownlow (introduction) 9780316117913, 0316117919 instant download after payment.

         A gorgeous, lavish history of silent movies - with more than 400 amazing images - captures the birth of film & icons like Chaplin, Garbo, Clara Bow, & Valentino. 
        Drawing on the extraordinary collection of The Library of Congress, one of the greatest repositories for silent film & memorabilia, Peter Kobel has created the definitive visual history of silent film. From its birth in the 1890s, with the earliest narrative shorts, through the brilliant full-length features of the 1920s, SILENT MOVIES captures the greatest directors & actors & their immortal films. SILENT MOVIES also looks at the technology of early film, the use of color photography, & the restoration work being spearheaded by some of Hollywood's most important directors, such as Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola.   
        Richly illustrated from the Library of Congress's extensive collection of posters, paper prints, film stills, & memorabilia-most of which have never been in print - SILENT MOVIES is an important work of history that will also be a sought-after gift book for all lovers of film.       
        Peter Kobel has worked as an editor at Entertainment Weekly, ARTnews, & Premiere& has contributed articles to The New York Times and Chicago Tribune, among many other publications.
        His critically acclaimed book Silent Movies: The Birth of Film & the Triumph of Movie Culture (Little, Brown) was published in collaboration with the Library of Congress. His biography of the controversial physical anthropologist John Buettner-Janusch will be published by Globe Pequot Press in July. Kobel has also served as an advocate for conservation & social justice at several