Looks at how silent films dealt with social issues, including drug abuse, alcoholism, crime, racism, abortion, prostitution, disease, and poverty
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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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