Albert Capellani: Pioneer of the Silent Screen

By Christine Leteux

In recent years, technology has given films of the silent era and their creators a second life as new processes have eased their restoration and distribution. Among the films benefitting from these developments are the works of director Albert Capellani (1874-1931), whose oeuvre was instrumental in the development of cinema in the early 1900s and whose contributions rival those of D. W. Griffith. For the first time in English, Christine Leteux's essential biography of Capellani offers a detaile

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813166438
• ISBN13: 9780813166438
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up