edited by Liz Clarke and Martin L. Johnson
contributions by Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa, Coraline Refort, Grant Wiedenfeld, Shane Denson, Sabrina Negri, Richard Abel, Victoria Duckett, Constance Balides, Shawn Shimpach, Pamela Hutchinson, Yiman Wang, Susan Potter, Anna Kovalova, Oksana Chefranova, Shelley Stamp, Jerry White, Randolph Jordan, Tanner Benson, Jonah Horwitz, Andrea Comiskey, Brian R. Johnson, Dan Streible, Veronica Johnson, Gunnar Iversen, Jennifer L. Jenkins, Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, Scott Curtis, Anu Thapa, Jeffrey Hinkelman, Frank Scheide, Yair Solan, Roxanne Hearn, Kiki Loveday, Mark Lynn Anderson, F. Booth Wilson, Kendra Preston Leonard, Jennifer Lynn Peterson, Katerina Korola, Charlene Regester, Lance Lomax, Katharina Loew, Fabio Andrade, Allyson Nadia Field, Scott MacKenzie, Anna Stenport, Kathleen Cummins, Doron Galili, Priyadarshini Shanker, Catherine Munroe Hotes, Joanne Bernardi, Mariana Johnson, Mateus Nagime, Ling Zhang, Wyatt D. Phillips, Sony Jalarajan Raj, Adith K. Suresh, Xin Peng, Liz Clarke, Martin L. Johnson, Leslie H. Abramson, Amanda Shubert and Joshua A. Mitchell
Rutgers University Press, 2027
Cloth: 978-1-9788-4021-8 | Paper: 978-1-9788-4020-1 | eISBN: 978-1-9788-4022-5 (ePub) | eISBN: 978-1-9788-4023-2 (PDF)

ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Silent film is more than just a cinema of firsts, greats, or classics. It is a cinema of experimentation, ambition, and connection. To watch a silent film is to be transported into another world. The Silent Film Companion seeks to broaden the silent film canon by focusing on compelling non-canonical films from around the globe, providing a fresh perspective and new view of silent cinema. With over fifty films discussed, this volume captures just a sliver of the many delights silent cinema has to offer. It encourages discovery, and rediscovery, of the world of silent cinema: one where the movies were still young, full of possibility, and eager to entice others to take part in a wonderful adventure. 

Films covered are from fourteen countries, including Brazil, Mexico, China, Cuba, India, Italy, and Russia, and represent a diversity of subjects. Each chapter provides historical and cultural context to the film, the filmmakers, and a concise analysis of each film. The Silent Film Companion is a must-read for students and fans of silent cinema interested in seeing a side of silent cinema that is rarely explored.