It takes the average reader 6 hours and 37 minutes to read American Silent Film by William K. Everson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Praised as the "best modern survey of the silent period" (New Republic), this indispensable history tells you everything you need to know about American silent film, from the nickelodeons in the early 1900s to the birth of the first "talkies" in the late 1920s. The author provides vivid descriptions of classic pictures such as The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Sunrise, The Covered Wagon, and Greed, and lucidly discusses their technical and artistic merits and weaknesses. He pays tribute to acknowledged masters like D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary...
American Silent Film by William K. Everson is 387 pages long, and a total of 99,459 words.
This makes it 131% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 3 minutes to read American Silent Film aloud.
American Silent Film is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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