Behind the Mask of Innocence

Book:	Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime: Films of Social Conscience in the Silent Era
Author:	Kevin Brownlow
Honors:	1991 LATimes–History finalist Score: 6.41
Genres:	History books Nonfiction books
Publisher:	University of California Press

Combining film history and social history, Kevin Brownlow surveys the treatment of contemporary social problems by film directors and producers in the early part of the century. This is the definitive history of silent films, documenting many that have been lost or forgotten.

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