BEHIND THE MASK OF INNOCENCE. SEX, VIOLENCE, PREJUDICE, CRIME: FILMS OF SOCIAL CONSCIENCE IN THE SILENT ERA / SIGNED
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (xxvi) 579 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by Kevin Brownlow on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from 250 period photographs. Black cloth-backed black boards. Gilt cover and spine titling. 7" x 10 1/4". From the jacket flap blurb: "From Kevin Brownlow, cinema historian and discoverer of lost films, here is the first full-scale exploration of a vital and now almost forgotten chapter of Amercan moviemaking: the response of early producers and directors to the agonizing social problems of the decades before World War I." A well-researched and well-written important film book. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. Fine / Fine. Item #3054
Fine.
Price: $85.00