Silent-film era's illustrated songs come back to life at Cinematheque

Silent-film era's illustrated songs come back to life at Cinematheque

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Rick Altman, a University of Iowa professor of cinema and comparative literature, discusses the history of "illustrated songs," which introduced pop songs into silent films during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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