A collection of essays on fifteen feature-length silent films and two silent serial features. The aims of the collection are threefold: to provide detailed accounts of a wide array of films produced 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 those interested in film style and its history.
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.
"A valuable compilation of analysis on feature films filmed between 1914 and 1934, written in an almost programmatic way from the neoformalist perspective."
