The Silents of God: Selected Issues and Documents in Silent American Film and Religion, 1908-1925

by Terry Lindvall

Covering the historical period from 1908 to 1925, this study showcases pamphlets, magazine articles (from both religious and film periodicals), sermons, and other discourse that chronicle an early vision of church/photoplay cooperation and its subsequent dissolution with the advent of growing suspicion, Hollywood scandals, Sabbatical reform movements, and alternative communication technologies. This collection of documents challenges the enduring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810839547
• ISBN13: 9780810839540
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.7" x 8.5"