Albert Capellani: Pioneer of the Silent Screen

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

Author: Christine Leteux
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 12/10/2015
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780813166438

About the Author

Christine Leteux is the author of Albert Capellani: Cineaste du Romanesque. She has translated a number of works, including Kevin Brownlow's The Parade's Gone By, Napoleon: Abel Gance's Classic Film, and How It Happened Here, and also worked as a researcher for the documentary Natan.

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