Silent Topics Essays on Undocumented Areas of

In Silent Topics, film historian Anthony Slide looks at various under-discussed and generally undocumented areas of silent film. The two lengthiest essays discuss the release of British silent films in the United States and the contribution of gays and lesbians to American silent film. Other essays examine the cost of silent film production, the "Great Events" series produced by Technicolor in the 1920s, and the manner in which early sheet music exploited silent film personalities. There are career essays on the screen's first special effects specialist, Roy Pomeroy, actor/minister Neal Dodd, and Margerie Bonner, the wife of novelist Malcolm Lowry. Silent Topics also includes the only known interview with the most prominent of silent film composers, David Mendoza, as well as a personal discussion on the lack of talent among a number of silent screen actors and actresses.

Introduction	v
Chapter 1 British Silent Films in the United States	1	(20)
Chapter 2 Those Elusive Budget Figures	21	(10)
Chapter 3 Christianity Hollywood Style: Reverend Neal Dodd	31	(4)
Chapter 4 The "Great Events" Series	35	(6)
Chapter 5 The Silent Closet: Gays, Lesbians, and Silent Film	41	(18)
Chapter 6 Malcolm Lowry's Silent Film Connection: Margerie Bonner	59	(10)
Chapter 7 An Interview with David Mendoza	69	(8)
Chapter 8 Roy Pomeroy and the Beginnings of Special Effects	77	(8)
Chapter 9 Sheet Music of the Silent Stars	85	(8)
Chapter 10 They May Have Had Faces, But Did They Have Talent?	93	(10)
Appendix A: The Letters of Valeria Belletti	103	(4)
Appendix B: Contemporary Trade Paper Response to Classics of European Cinema at Their U.S. Release	107	(10)
Index	117	(12)
About the Author	129

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