Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film - The Pioneers buy videos, movies
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List Price: $9.98
Features
• Black & White
• Color
• Full Screen
• HiFi Sound
• NTSC
In Theaters : 09 February, 1980
Video Release : 02 June, 1998 |
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Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film - The Pioneers Customer Reviews
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Hollywood: The Pioneers is the first tape of the 13 part documentary about American silent films. The series on a whole is incredibly thorough, professional, and entertaining.
This particular tape opens the series rather well. It shows bits of the film that ended the silent era, The Jazz Singer, and explains why it was such a tragic release. Common stereotypes about silent films are identified and disproven. Several veterans of the silent era are interviewed.
The wonderful thing about this tape is that both newcomers and veteran silent film viewers can enjoy it. It can also be watched over and over again; it never seems to get old. Kevin Brownlow and David Gill certainly did a service to this lost art. |
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