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Review: Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie CultureUser Review - Bea - GoodreadsThis was an entertaining overview of the history of film from its origins in the late 19th century throughout the silent era, which lasted until the late 1920's in the United States. The book covers ... Read full review Review: Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie CultureUser Review - Richard - GoodreadsThis is a beautiful, lushly illustrated, coffee table book that is better for browsing than for reading. Peter Kobel covers a lot of the same material that William K. Everson did in his much earlier ... Read full review Related books
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