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Book and Exhibit Reviews

This column which appears regularly in The Wireless, is where one of our staff reads and reviews a book that has been sent to us by and individual or company/organization. To have your book reviewed by us, you are required to send us a donated copy, signed by the author if possible as it goes on display in the CTS collection, complete with storyboard, providing it meets our level of acceptance. These books must be Titanic or White Star Line related or from "The Local Front"( CTS's local shipwrecks of Canada's Great Lakes). The book, after being reviewed and accepted, will then have an excerpt placed in this section of our web page. If you have any questions concerning this subject, please feel free to contact us by email or "Snail Mail" and we will get back to you as time restraints allow. Thank you-Editor

Book Review by Larry Robinson

The Titanic and Silent Cinema by Stephen Bottomore

 Stephen Bottomore has written an excellent book that very accurately portrays the silent cinema of the 1910 – 1915 era. Clear and concise text defines the attitudes of filmmakers and public attitude towards accurate historical filming – not only of the Olympic and Titanic but films of the open country and railroads of United States and Canada. These films were well received in North America and Europe which even contributed to the tourist industry of the early 1900’s. Today these films are valued historical images of lost ships, survivors and portrayal of a young North America.

  The book gives an interesting evaluation of film advertisement and sales of the era which has become the norm for present day advertisement. Frame by frame breakdown of the Olympic and Titanic films and the world – wide archives that have these  films makes this book invaluable to the Titanic historian. The various photographs of film frames compliment the book.

  Bonus pages on the film archives concerning the torpedoing of the Lusitania, the recovering of bodies and survivor footage with the Titanic footage absolutely established the foundation of moving picture journalism still present today, and completes the book. A worthwhile Titanic book indeed but would interest film historians as well.

**Note: There are only 500 of this edition!! 

ISBN 1 903000 00 9

Published by The Projection Box

12 High Street Hastings East Sussex TN34 3EY

s-herbert@easynet.co.uk

This book is in French, therefore we are unable to do a "Review". We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. 

Please visit the web site of the author (below) and/or send him an email (also below)

Web Site: www.titanic.marine-marchande.org 

Email: j.coic@laposte.net  

The publisher can be found at the following links:

Web Site: www.armendu.com 

Email: ar.men.du@wanadoo.fr  

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