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THE SHATTERED SILENTS. How the talkies came to stay by WALKER, Alexander
First Edition
London: Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton, 1978. Book in very good condition, top spin edge slightly bumped, otherwise in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, ½" closed tear at top front edge, top spine edge slightly bumped. xi, 218pp, including Bibliography, a Talkie Chronology and Index. With 65 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - " Tracing the steps taken by anxious stars of the silent screen, the 'raids' on Broadway which threatened the opening of the 1929 season, the staggering cost of re-equipping studios and cinemas. It looks at audience reaction to the early talkies, and how the novelty soon wore-off, re-assesses many of those early films, and examines in detail the impact of Pickford, Barrymore, Clara Bow, Garbo, John Gilbert and others as they made their debuts in sound." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
- Bookseller: Clent Books of Bewdley
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- Bookseller Inventory #: 5903
- Format/binding: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 024189736X
- ISBN 13: 9780241897362
- Publisher: Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton
- Place: London
- Date published: 1978
- Keywords: Cinema movies films film stars talkies actor actresses Barrymore Mary Pickford Clara Bow John Gilbert Douglas Fairbanks Welford Beaton Lionel barrymore Joan Crawford Ruth Chatterton Buddy DeSylva William de Mille William Fox Moraunt hall Metro-Gol
- Subjects:
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General;
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