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Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime : Films of Social Conscience in the Silent Era - Hardcover
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Looks at how silent films dealt with social issues, including drug abuse, alcoholism, crime, racism, abortion, prostitution, disease, and poverty
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About the Author
Kevin Brownlow is a film historian and documentary filmmaker whose other books includeParade's Gone By and Napoleon. Mr. Brownlow lives in London.
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Behind The Mask Of Innocence
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ISBN 10: 0394577477
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Behind The Mask Of Innocence
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Behind The Mask Of Innocence
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Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime: Films of Social Conscience in the Silent Era
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ISBN 13: 9780394577470
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Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime-Films of Social Conscience in the Silent Era
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Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime: Films of Social Conscience in the Silent Era
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1990
ISBN 10: 0394577477
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Hardcover. Black paper boards with black cloth spine, black and illus. dust jacket in mylar cover, 580 pp., many BW illus. The third book in a triology, prefaced by The Parade's Gone By . (1968) and The War, the West and the Wilderness (1979). Offers a full and illustrated "exploration of a vital and now almost forgotten chapter of American moviemaking: the response of early producers and directors to the agonizing social problems of the decades before World War I. . An essential work of silent-film history, certain to become a standard reference." (dj). G+ (Ex-art library, with spine label, i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, incl. rear pocket; page edges are tanning lightly; text and illus. are clear.). Seller Inventory # 159978
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Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime: FIlms of Social Conscience in the Silent Era
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Condition: Very Good. 579 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket, many BW illus. The third book in a triology, prefaced by The Parade's Gone By . (1968) and The War, the West and the Wilderness (1979). Offers a full and illustrated "exploration of a vital and now almost forgotten chapter of American moviemaking: the response of early producers and directors to the agonizing social problems of the decades before World War I. . An essential work of silent-film history, certain to become a standard reference." Clean, tight copy. Record # 368185. Seller Inventory # 368185
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Behind The Mask Of Innocence
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 579 pages. Index. Footnotes. "An essential work of silent-film history, certain to become a standard reference; but it is more - at once a surprising portrait of a time not unlike our own and a powerful demonstration of the way in which a popular art form can reveal a society to itself." - dust jacket. A heavily-worn former library copy with the usual markings. Dust jacket laminated to book. Narrow opening in binding at page 152. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy. Seller Inventory # 116h3120
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BEHIND THE MASK OF INNOCENCE
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Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime: Films of Social Conscience in the Silent Era (Inscribed)
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ISBN 13: 9780394577470
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 8vo. 1st ed. Inscribed to Diane Locklear--assistant to Rupert Murdoch. 579pp. Black boards with black cloth spine, gilt lettering at spine & front. "The final segment of Brownlow's massive trilogy is a study of films of social conscience in the silent era. Chapters on censorship, sex, drugs, poverty & more." 248 stills & illustrations. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1642375845942