The Last Silent Picture Show

The Last Silent Picture Show
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 9780810876811
ISBN-13 : 0810876817
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Book Synopsis The Last Silent Picture Show by : William M. Drew

Download or read book The Last Silent Picture Show written by William M. Drew and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-08-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the fate of an entire art form—the silent cinema—in the United States during the 1930s and how it managed to survive the onslaught of sound.


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