1969 1st HC DJ VG+ Kevin Brownlow THE PARADE'S GONE BY Knopf Silent Film Keaton

by Knopf Silent Film Keaton

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First edition

Title: The Parade's Gone By - A Vivid Nostalgic Immediate Portrait Of An Art In The Making Author: Kevin Brownlow Publisher: Knopf (1969) Description: One of the best books ever written about silent film. Film historian Kevin Brownlow had access to dozens of people directly associated with the era of silent films. This is a gorgeous book, scholarly and yet entertainingly written. This vintage copy is a hardcover stated first edition from Knopf, it's a heavy book printed on beautiful stock. It is hard to this title find in this kind of condition which is really nice. Most of the other copies on ebay are either in bad condition, paperback's, Bonanza reprints or you are seeing a stock image from some promotion paying, donation type bulk seller or bookjacking drop-shipper, who doesn't show you the actual item you will be getting. From the DJ flap: They speak in this book—the pioneering directors (Henry King, Clarence Brown, William Wellman), the stars and producer- stars (Harold Lloyd, Mary Pickford, Geraldine Farrar, Gloria Swanson), the camera- men, the film editors, the creative giants of the silent screen who, flying by the seat of their pants, improvised their films on location, evolved —indeed invented —the techniques and concepts that we take for granted today. With frames and photographs you’ve never seen before, with pungently alive firsthand recollections, The Parade’s Gone By... re-creates the earliest days of the movies, how the first moving pictures were actually sho

• Publisher: Knopf
• Year: 1969
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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