”This book details the fate of an entire art form the silent cine in the United States during the 1930s and how it managed to survive the onslaught of sound.”
The story of silent films didn’t end with the “Jazz Singer” back in 1927, silent movies continued to be produced long after. “And though talkies would overtake the industry and the public's demand soon enough, the silent motion picture did not disappear immediately.”
Film historian William M. Drew has written a brilliant book on the changeover. Anyone with an interest in the silent films needs this book as the research source from this point forward it is going to be necessary as a tool for study of the switch.
This outstanding history has been thoroughly research using existing records; this is a neglected period in movie history which will be of interested to everyone who has ever wondered about the revolution.
William M. Drew, whose interest in films and literature began when he was eight years old, has been co-director and lecturer for numerous college film series, and editor and film reviewer for an entertainment quarterly. His articles on film history have appeared in various journals. He is the author of: D W Griffith, Intolerance: its Genius and its Vision (McFarland,1986); Speaking of Silents: First Ladies of the Screen (Vestal Press,1990) and At the Center of the Frame: Leading Ladies of the Twenties and Thirties (Vestal Press,1999).
“The Last Silent Picture Show” can be purchased via Amazon or directly from Scarecrow Press. Click on the links below:
Amazon: The Last Silent Picture Show: Silent Films on American Screens
by William M. Drew
Scarecrow Press: The Last Silent Picture Show: Silent Films on American Screens
by William M. Drew
The Last Silent Picture Show: Silent Films on American Screens
by William M. Drew
Pub Date: Aug 2010
268 pages
# ISBN-10: 0810876809
# ISBN-13: 978-0810876804
References: http://looking-for-mabel.webs.com/lastsilentpictureshow.htm
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