A pictorial history of the silent screen (1953)

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to thank the following for the loan of pictures and assistance in compiling this book: Photoplay Magazine, The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library, The Museum of The City of New York, The New York Post and The Motion Picture Magazine. Also John Willis, Louis Melancon, Vernon Rice, May Davenport Seymour, Raymond Frederick, Dorothy Ansen, Jean Gillette, William H. Matthews, George Freedley, Joanne Godbout, Richard Griffith, Lillian Gish, Clara Kimball Young, Kathlyn Williams, Harriet Parsons, Irving Cummings, Edwin August, Nance O'Neil, Ben Grauer, Hildegarde Halliday, Tony Gray, Suzanne Nicholl, Earle Forbes, Walter Latwaite and William Thomas. COPYRIGHT 1953, BY DANIEL BLUM sbn: 399-11098-4 1972 printing MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA