Silent stars
By: Jeanine Basinger.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography; Silent films -- United States -- History and criticism
Description: "From one of America's renowned film scholars: a look at the greatest silent film stars - not those few who are fully appreciated and understood, like Chaplin, Keaton, Gish, and Garbo, but those who have been misperceived, unfairly dismissed, or forgotten."--BOOK JACKET.

"This is the first book to anatomize the major silent players, reconstruct their careers, and give us a sense of what those films, those stars, and that Hollywood were all about. An essential text for anyone seriously interested in movies, and, with more than three hundred photographs, as much a treat to look at as it is to read."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 476-480) and index.