Silent Visions: Discovering Early Hollywood and New York Through the Films of Harold Lloyd
byJohn BengtsonForeword byKevin Brownlow


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Immensely popular and prolific, Harold Lloyd sold more movie tickets during the Golden Age of Comedy than any other comedian. From Coney Island to Catalina Island, and from Brooklyn to Beverly Hills, Lloyd’s movies captured visions of silent-era America unequaled on the silver screen.
A stunning work of cinematic archeology,Silent Visions describes the historical settings found in such Lloyd classics asSafety Last!, Girl Shy, andSpeedy, and matches them with archival photographs, vintage maps, and scores of then-and-now comparison photographs, illuminating both Lloyd’s comedic genius, and the burgeoning Los Angeles and Manhattan landscapes preserved in the background of his films.
The book represents John Bengtson’s completion of his trilogy of works focusing on the three great geniuses of silent film comedy (Keaton, Chaplin, and Lloyd) in what Oscar-winning historian Kevin Brownlow calls a new art form.”
A stunning work of cinematic archeology,Silent Visions describes the historical settings found in such Lloyd classics asSafety Last!, Girl Shy, andSpeedy, and matches them with archival photographs, vintage maps, and scores of then-and-now comparison photographs, illuminating both Lloyd’s comedic genius, and the burgeoning Los Angeles and Manhattan landscapes preserved in the background of his films.
The book represents John Bengtson’s completion of his trilogy of works focusing on the three great geniuses of silent film comedy (Keaton, Chaplin, and Lloyd) in what Oscar-winning historian Kevin Brownlow calls a new art form.”
Title:Silent Visions: Discovering Early Hollywood and New York Through the Films of Harold Lloyd
Format:Paperback
Product dimensions:304 pages, 8.54 X 10.95 X 0.65 in
Shipping dimensions:304 pages, 8.54 X 10.95 X 0.65 in
Published:May 11, 2011
Publisher:Santa Monica Press
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9781595800572