Silent Features: The Development of Silent Feature Films 1914 - 1934 - Softcover

Steve Neale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859892913 ISBN 13: 9780859892919

Publisher: University of Exeter Press, 2018

Synopsis

Silent Features is a collection of essays on fifteen feature-length silent films and two silent serial features, their diverse stylistic, generic and structural characteristics, and the national, historical and industrial contexts from which they emerged. Of the 17 films discussed, 15 are still currently available on DVD. 200 b&w illustrations. Arranged chronologically and illustrated wherever possible with frame stills, the aims of the collection are threefold: to provide detailed accounts of a wide array of films produced in a number of different counties between the early 1910s and the early 1930s; to focus principally on films that may be well-known but that have rarely been discussed in detail; and hence to appeal to interested members of the public as well as to scholars of film style and history and teachers and students of film in the U.S., Europe, Scandinavia, East Asia and elsewhere abroad. Outstanding group of contributors see details on Author Biography page all are acknowledged and well-regarded scholars in the field, many of whom have established international reputations for their work in this area and a world-renowned editor.

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About the Author

Vincent Bohlinger is Associate Professor and Director of Film Studies at Rhode Island College. Ben Brewster was editor of Screen and taught Film Studies at the University of Kent before becoming Assistant Director of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research in Madison, Wisconsin. Jon Burrows is an Associate Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick. Alex Clayton is a Lecturer in Screen Studies at Bristol University. Rebecca Genauer is a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is undertaking research on Maurice Tourneur. John Gibbs is a Senior Lecturer in Film, Theatre and Television Studies at the University of Reading. Heather Heckman is Assistant Director and Curator of South Carolina s Moving Image Research Collections. Scott Higgins is an Associate Professor of Film Studies at Wesleyan University. Lea Jacobs teaches film history and aesthetics in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Patrick Keating is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Trinity University in San Antonio. Joe Kember is a Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of Exeter. Anne Kerlan is a researcher at the Institut d histoire du temps présent, CNRS, Paris. Steve Neale is Emeritus Professor of Film Studies at the University of Exeter. Douglas Pye is Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of Film, Theatre and Television at the University of Reading. Sara Ross is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Sacred Heart University. Martin Shingler is a Senior Lecturer in Radio and Film at the University of Sunderland.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859892913
• ISBN 13: 9780859892919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Steve Neale