David Robinson is a celebrated film critic and historian who wrote for The Times and the Financial Times for several decades. His many books include World Cinema, Hollywood in the Twenties and Buster Keaton.
A marvellous book . . . unlikely ever to be surpassed
*Spectator*
I cannot imagine how anyone could write a better book on the great
complex subject . . . movingly entertaining, awesomely thorough and
profoundly respectful
*Sunday Telegraph*
One of the great cinema books; a labour of love and a splendid
achievement
*Variety*
One of those addictive biographies in which you start by looking in
the index for items that interest you . . . and as dawn breaks
you're reading the book from cover to cover
*Financial Times*
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