Publisher's Synopsis
For decades ÊScreen WorldÊ has been the film professional's as well as the film buff's favorite and indispensable annual screen resource full of all the necessary statistics and facts. Now ÊScreen WorldÊ editor Barry Monush has compiled another comprehensive work for every film lover's library.ÞIn the first of two volumes this book chronicles the careers of every significant film actor from the earliest silent screen stars ä Chaplin Pickford Fairbanks ä to the mid-1960s when the old studio and star systems came crashing down.ÞEach listing includes: a brief biography photos from the famed ÊScreen WorldÊ archives with many rare shots; vital statistics; a comprehensive filmography; and an informed entertaining assessment of each actor's contributions ä good or bad!ÞIn addition to every major player Monush includes the legions of unjustly neglected troupers of yesteryear. The result is a rarity: an invaluable reference tool that's as much fun to read as a scandal sheet. It pulsates with all the scandal glamour oddity and glory that was the lifeblood of its subjects.ÞContains over 1 000 photos!
