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Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime: Films of Social Conscience in the Silent Era

Kevin Brownlow

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#2839 of 3,809 books · #917 in History

Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History (1991).

Combining film history and social history, Kevin Brownlow surveys the treatment of contemporary social problems by film directors and producers in the early part of the century. This is the definitive history of silent films, documenting many that have been lost or forgotten.

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Silent film historySocial issues in cinemaEarly 20th century film industry

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