Silent Movies: the Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture

Peter Kobel; Kevin Brownlow (Foreword by); Martin Scorsese (Preface by)

A gorgeous, lavish history of silent movies - with more than 400 amazing images - captures the birth of film and icons like Chaplin, Garbo, Clara Bow, and Valentino. Drawing on the extraordinary collection of The Library of Congress, one of the greatest repositories for silent film and memorabilia, Pete...