Arranged chronologically and illustrated wherever possible with frame
stills, the aims of the collection are threefold: to provide detailed
accounts of a wide array of films produced in a number of different
counties between the early 1910s and the early 1930s; to focus
principally on films that may be well-known but that have rarely been
discussed in detail; and hence to appeal to interested members of the
public as well as to scholars of film style and history and teachers and
students of film in the U.S., Europe, Scandinavia, East Asia and
elsewhere abroad.
Outstanding group of contributors - see details on Author Biography
page - all are acknowledged and well-regarded scholars in the field,
many of whom have established international reputations for their work
in this area and a world-renowned editor.