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| Affron, Charles Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life New York: Scribner, 2001. Altman Rick Silent Film Sound New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. Basinger, Jeanine, Silent Stars Diane Pub. Co., 1999. Bellamy, Madge A Darling of the Twenties: Madge Bellamy Scarecrow, 1997. Bengtson, John and Kevin Brownlow Silent Traces : Discovering Early Hollywood through the Films of Charlie Chaplin Santa Monica Press, 2006. Berg, A. Scott Goldwyn: A Biography New York: Riverhead Book, 1998. Bitzer, G. W. Billy Bitzer: His Story New York: Farrar, Starus & Giroux, 1973. Blake, Michael Lon Chaney: The Man Behind the Thousand Faces Vestal: Vestal Press, 1993. Blum, Daniel C. A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1972. Botham, Noel Valentino: The First Superstar Metro Books, 2002. Bowers, David Q. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History Rowman & Littlefield, 2001. Bowser, Eileen The Transformation of Cinema 1907-1915 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. Bowser, Eileen and Louise Spence Writing Himself into History : Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films, and His Audiences Rutgers University Press, 2000. Braff, Richard E. The Universal Silents: A Filmography of the Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company, 1912-1929 Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Co., 1998. Brooks, Daniel with Peter Cowie Lulu Forever New York: Rizzoli 2006. Brooks, Louise Lulu in Hollywood New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Brown, Karl (Kevin Brownlow, ed.) Adventures with D. W. Griffith New York: Farrar, Starus & Giroux, 1973. Brown, Kelly R. Florence Lawrence, the Biograph Girl: America's First Movie Star Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Co., 1999. Brownlow, Kevin Napoleon New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Brownlow, Kevin The Parades Gone By . . . New York: Bonanza Books, 1965. Brownlow, Kevin and John Kobal Hollywood: The Pioneers New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. Card, James, Seductive Cinema: The Art of Silent Film New York: Knopf: New York, 1994. Cary, Diana Serra What Ever Happened to Baby Peggy: The Autobiography of Hollywood's Pioneer Child Star New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Carey, Gary Doug & Mary: A Biography of Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford New York: E. P. Dutton, 1977. Chaplin, Charles Charles Chaplin: My Autobiography New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. Coghlan, Frank Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 2005. Cohen, Paula Marantz Silent Film and the Triumph of the American Myth New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Cooke, Alistair Douglas Fairbanks: The Making of a Screen Character New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1940. Cooper, Miriam Dark Lady of the Silents: My Life in Early Hollywood Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973. Crafton, Donald The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931 Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997. Curtiss, Thomas Quinn Von Stroheim New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. Dale, Alan Comedy is a Man in Trouble: Slapstick in American Movies Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. Dardis, Tom Buster Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn’t Lie Down Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. Davis, Ronald L. William S. Hart: Projecting the American West University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. Drew William M. Speaking of Silents: First Ladies of the Screen Vestal Press Ltd., 1997. Edmonds, Andy Frame-Up!: The Untold Story of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle New York: William Morrow & Co., 1991. Ellenberger, Allan R. The Valentino Mystique: The Death and Afterlife of the Silent Film Idol Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 2005. Everson, William K. American Silent Film New York: Da Capo Press, 1998. Eymann, Scott Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Eymann, Scott Mary Pickford: America's Sweetheart New York: Donald I. Fine, 1990. Eymann, Scott The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930 New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Fairbanks, Douglas Laugh and Live New York: Britton Publishing Co., 1917. Forsland, Bengt Victor Sjostrom: His Life and Work New York: Zoetrope, 1988. Fowler, Gene Father Goose: The Story of Mack Sennett New York: Covici-Fried, 1934. Franklin, Joe (William K. Everson, research assistant) Classics of the Silent Screen New York: The Citadel Press, 1959. Gabler, Neal An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood New York: Anchor Books, 1988. Gelman, Barbara (ed.) Photoplay Treasury New York: Crown, 1972. Gish, Lillian (with Ann Pinchak) The Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me Englewood Cliffs (NJ): Prentice-Hall 1969. Golden, Eve Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara Emprise Pub, 1996. Hart, William S. My Life: East and West Ayer Co. Pub., 1968. Hayes, Kevin J. (ed.) Charlie Chaplin: Interviews University of Mississippi, 2005. Henderson, Robert M. D. W. Griffith: His Life and Work New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. Henderson, Robert W. D. W. Griffith: His Years at Biograph New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. Hershfeld Joanne The Invention of Dolores del Río University of Minnesota Press, 2000. Higham, Charles Cecil B. DeMille New York: Scribner's, 1973. Huff, Theodore Charlie Chaplin New York: Henry Schuman, 1951. Kaplin, Collen M. Take Two: The True Story of Ithaca's Movie Making Era Seven Locks Press, 1989. Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Co., 2002. Katchmer, George A. Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 1991. Kinnard, Roy Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896–1929 Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 1995. Kirkpatrick, Sidney D. A Cast of Killers New York: E. P. Dutton, 1986. Klepper, Robert K. Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 1999. Keaton, Buster and Charles Samuels My Wonderful World of Slapstick New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc, 1960. Keaton, Eleanor with Jeffrey Vance Keaton: Buster Keaton Remembered New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Kerr, Walter The Silent Clowns New York: Da Capo Press, 1990. Kobel, Peter and the Library of Congress (foreward by Martin Scorcese; introduction by Kevin Brownlow) Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture New York: Little, Brown & Co, 2007. Koszarski, Richard The Astoria Studio and Its Fabulous Films New York, Dover Publications, 1983. Koszarski, Richard An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture 1915-1928 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. Koszarki, Richard The Man You Loved to Hate: Erich von Stroheim and Hollywood New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. Koszarski, Richard Von: The Life and Films of Erich von Stroheim New York: Limslight, 2002. Lahue, Kalton C. Continued Next Week: A History of the Moving Picture Serial Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. Lahue, Kalton C. Gentlemen to the Rescue: The Heroes of the Silent Screen New York: Castle Books, 1972. Lahue, Kalton C. Kops and Kustard: The Legacy of Keystone Films Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. Lahue, Kalton C. World of Laughter: The Motion Picture Comedy Short, 1910-1930 Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966. Lambert, Gavin Nazimova New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Langman, Larry A Guide to Silent Westerns Greenwood, 1992. Lee, Raymond The Films of Mary Pickford New York: A. S. Barnes, 1971. Leider, Emily W. Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 2003. Lennig, Arthur Stroheim Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2000. Lennig, Arthur The Silent Voice: A Text Albany (NY): Lane Press, 1969. Lindsay, Vachel The Art of the Moving Picture New York: The Macmillan Co.,1916. Lloyd, Harold and Wesley W. Stout An American Comedy New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1928. Lockwood, Charles Dream Palaces: Hollywood at Home New York, Viking, 1981. Loos, Anita The Talmadge Girls New York: Viking, 1978. Louvish, Simon Keystone: The Life and Clowns of Mack Sennett New York: Faber and Faber, 2003. Lowe Denise An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930 Haworth Press, 2004. Lynn, Kenneth S. Charlie Chaplin and His Times New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Maas, Frederica Sagor The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1999. Mackenzie, Norman A. (foreword by S. George Ullman) The Magic of Rudolph Valentino London: Research Pub. Co., 1974. Maturi, Richard J. and Mary Buckingham Maturi Beverly Bayne, Queen of the Movies: A Biography; With a Filmography and a Listing of Stage, Radio and Television Appearances Jefferson (NC): McFarland and Co., 2000. McPherson, Edward Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat New York: Newmarket Press, 2005. Meade, Marion Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase New York: HarperCollins, 1995. Menefee, David W. The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era New York: Praeger Publishers, 2004. Miller, Patsy Ruth My Hollywood: When Both of Us Were Young O'Raghailligh Publishers, 1988. Mitchell, Glenn A-Z of Silent Film Comedy: An Illustrated Companion Batsford, 2003. Mitchell, Glenn The Chaplin Encyclopedia B. T. Batsford, 1997. Moore, Colleen Silent Star Garden City (NY): Doubleday, 1968. Morris, Michael Madam Valentino: The Many Lives of Natacha Rambova New York : Abbeville Press, c1991. Musser, Charles The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. Negri, Pola Memoirs of a Star New York: Doubleday, 1970. Nunn, William Curtis Marguerite Clark: America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen Texas Christian University Press, 1980. Oberfirst, Robert Rudolph Valentino: The Man Behind the Myth New York, Citadel Press, 1962. Oderman, Stuart Lillian Gish: A Life on Stage and Screen Jefferson (NC): McFarland, 2000. Okuda, Ted and David Maska Charlie Chaplin at Keystone and Essanay : Dawn of the Tramp iUniverse, Inc., 2005. O'Leary, Liam Rex Ingram: Master of the Silent Cinema Dublin: Academy Press, 1980. Paine, Albert Bigelow, Life and Lillian Gish New York: Macmillan, 1932. Paris, Barry Garbo New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Paris, Barry Louis Brooks New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Payne, Robert The Great Charlie London: Andre Deuttsch Ltd., 1952. Pickford, Mary Sunshine and Shadow New York: Sounleday, 1955. Pratt, George C. Spellbound in Darkness: A History of the Silent Film Little Brown & Co., 1973. Quirk, Lawrence The Films of Gloria Swanson New York: Citadel Press, 1988. Rapf, Maurice Backlot: Growing Up With the Movies Metuchen (NJ): Scarecrow Press, 1999. Rambova, Natacha Rudy: An Intimate Portrait of Rudolph Valentino Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., 1926. Ramsaye, Terry A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture Through 1925 New York: Simon and Schuster, 1926. Rhodes, Gary Don and Alexander Webb (eds.) Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird: The Complete 1931 Memoir, With a New Biography And Filmography Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Co., 2006. Robinson, David Chaplin: His Life and Art New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. Rosenberg, Bernard and Harry Silverstein The Real Tinsel New York: Macmillan, 1970. Rotha, Paul Robert J. Flaherty: A Biography Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983. Scagnetti, Jack The Intimate Life of Rudolph Valentino Middle Village (NY): Jonathan David Publisers, 1975. Schelly, William Harry Langdon Metuchen (NJ): Scrarecrow Press, 1982. Schickel, Richard D. W. Griffith: An American Life New York: Limelight Editions 1984. Schickel, Richard The Essential Chaplin : Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2006. Schulberg, Budd Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince New York; Stein & Day, 1981. Sennett, Mack and Cameron Shipp King of Comedy New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc. 1954. Sherk, Warren M. The Films of Mack Sennett Metuchen (NJ): Scarecrow Press, 1997. Shulman, Irving Valentino New York: Trident Press, 1967. Slide, Anthony Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002. Smith, Albert E. and Phil Koury Two Reels and a Crank New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc. 1952. Stenn, David Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild New York: Doubleday, 1988. Swanson, Gloria Swanson on Swanson New York: Random House, 1980. Sweeney, Kevin W. (ed.) Buster Keaton Interviews Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007 Talmadge, Margaret The Talmadge Sisters, Norma, Constance, Natalie The Story of the World's Most Famous Screen Family Lippincott, 1924. Talmey, Allene Doug and Mary and Others New York: Macy-Masius, 1927. Thomas, Bob Thalberg: Life and Legend New York: Bantam Books, 1970. Thompson, Frank T. Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared Carol Publishing Corporation, 1996. Tibbetts, John C. His Majesty the American: The Cinema of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. New York: A. S. Branes, 1977. Ullman, S. George Valentino As I Knew Him New York: Macy-Masius, 1926. Usai, Paolo Cherchi Silent Cinema: An Introduction London: BFI Publishing, 2000. Vance, Jeffrey Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2003. Vance, Jeffrey and Susan Lloyd Harold Lloyd: Master Comedian New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. Vazzana, Eugene Michael Silent Film Necrology Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 2001. Vidor, King A Tree is a Tree New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1953. Villecco, Tony Silent Stars Speak: Interviews With Twelve Cinema Pioneers Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Co., 2001. von Stroheim, Erich Queen Kelly: The Complete Screenplay (ed: Bret Wood) Lanham (MD): Scarecrow Press, 2002. Wagenknecht, Edward The Movies in the Age of Innocence New York: Limelight Editions, 1997. Watson, Coy Jr. The Keystone Kid: Tales of Early Hollywood Santa Monica: Santa Monica Press, 2001. Whitfield, Eileen Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997. Yallop, David The Day the Laughter Stopped New York: St. Martin's, 1976. Zukor, Adolph (with Dale Kramer) The Public is Never Wrong New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. |