Sound of Silence

Michael G. Ankerich is a writer whose work focuses on the silent film era of Hollywood. A former newspaper reporter, he has written extensively for Classic Images, Films of the Golden Age, and Hollywood Studio Magazine, which featured his interview with Butterfly McQueen (Prissy) on the 50th anniversary of the release of Gone With The Wind. He can be reached at his website michaelgankerich.com.

“Ankerich is another of the really, really good writers we have on classic film. How could you pass this up...an excellent read, entertaining, and well written with great photos”—Classic Images; “pleasurable reading...engaging period photographs and exhaustive individual filmographies...detailed research, vividly recounts what it was like to be an early screen siren”—Film & History; “this compulsive collection of vivid reminiscences is a fascinating journey back to early cinema. It’s the next best thing to traveling back in a time machine”—Film Review; “richly detailed and consistently interesting...these performers...have absorbing and entertaining stories to tell...excellent photographs”—Past Times; “recommended...a generous selection of photos”—The Silents Majority.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword by Marion Shilling      Introduction      1. Hugh Allan      2. Barbara Barondess      3. Thomas Beck      4. Mary Brian      5. Pauline Curley      6. Billie Dove      7. Edith Fellows      8. Rose Hobart      9. William Janney      10. Marcia Mae Jones      11. Barbara Kent      12. Esther Muir      13. Anita Page      14. Marion Shilling      15. Lupita Tovar      16. Barbara Weeks      Index