This historical overview from Kamera Books in England is intended as an introduction for the silent-film novice, assisting their explorations into the art form.

The book comes with a supplementary DVD-R of representative exerpts from 27 silent era films, both short and feature films, which will help the reader acquaint themselves with silent stars (well-known and obscure), specific silent films, film genres and storytelling techniques.

This book may be ordered from Sunrise Silents.