The Parade's Gone by

The magic of the silent screen, illuminated by the recollections of those who created it.

They speak in this book--the pioneering directors (Henry King, Clarence Brown, William Wellman), the stars and producer-stars (Harold Lloyd, Mary Pickford, Geraldine Farrar, Gloria Swanson), the cameramen, the film editors, the creative giants of the silent screen who, flying by the seat of their pants, improvised their films on location, evolved--indeed invented--the techniques and concepts that we take for granted today. With frames and photographs you've never seen before, with pungently alive firsthand recollections, The Parade's Gone By... re-creates the earliest days of the movies, how the first moving pictures were actually shot, how the first film makers responded to the new medium untrammeled by rules and conventions--and turned a crude, fumbling gimmick into art.

Author: Kevin Brownlow
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 06/23/1976
Pages: 608
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780520030688
ISBN10: 0520030680
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism

About the Author
Kevin Brownlow is a British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor. He is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era.