One of the highlights of attending the TCM Film Festival for me was to attend Kevin Brownlow's panel at the which took place on April 25, 2013. Mr. Brownlow wrote the book, among many others, "The Parades Gone By" and also created the wonderful 13 episode documentary about the silent era, "Hollywood." He is also the person who has restored Abel Gance's 1927 French epic, "Napaleon."
Mr. Brownlow spoke for over an hour to those in the room that was packed with TCM festival goers. He had nothing but praise for his collaborator Carl Davis who wrote the title music for "Hollywood" and scored the Brownlow's restored version of "Napoleon." He told us the story of how Mr. Davis wrote the title music in the back of a bus in five minutes, imagine that!
After the discussion was over, I among many others went up to speak to Mr. Brownlow and I took my copy of his book, and he was kind enough to autograph it. I told him that I had a John Gilbert web site and he stopped and got a photo out of his bag that showed a photo of Leatrice Gilbert as Rosie the Riveter I thought that was so generous of him to stop and speak to me about Gilbert.
Kevin Brownlow on Lon Chaney - (A TCM Featurette)
"Film historian and director Kevin Brownlow discusses the genius of silent star Lon Chaney, Sr. in a TCM Original featurette."
Below is the trailer from "Napoleon" which was shown just before the TCM Film festival took place at the San Francisco Film Festival in Oakland, CA. This was for the first time the film had been seen in the US in almost 30 years.
Napoleon (1927) -- (Trailer) San Francisco Silent Film Festival The trailer promoting the exclusive screening of Abel Gance's Napoleon, 1927, at the 2012 San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
Below are some Kevin Brownlow books that you might like to purchase.
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