Book contents
- The Bible on Silent Film
- The Bible on Silent Film
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 ‘Like one of the prophets of old’: passions and cameos
- Chapter 2 ‘See this great sight’: spectacle and miracle
- Chapter 3 ‘That mywonders may be multiplied’: Blackton and elaboration
- Chapter 4 ‘How are the mighty fallen’: Feuillade and tragedy
- Chapter 5 ‘All the country wept aloud’: Andréani and melodrama
- Chapter 6 ‘The top of it reached to heaven’: Griffith, analogy and scale
- Chapter 7 ‘She came close to his bed’: vamps and other leading ladies
- Chapter 8 ‘But Pharaoh hardened his heart’: Exodus and Egypt
- Chapter 9 ‘The end of these wonders?’: the triumph of spectacle
- Afterword
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Scripture index
- General index
Chapter 4 - ‘How are the mighty fallen’: Feuillade and tragedy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2013
- The Bible on Silent Film
- The Bible on Silent Film
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 ‘Like one of the prophets of old’: passions and cameos
- Chapter 2 ‘See this great sight’: spectacle and miracle
- Chapter 3 ‘That mywonders may be multiplied’: Blackton and elaboration
- Chapter 4 ‘How are the mighty fallen’: Feuillade and tragedy
- Chapter 5 ‘All the country wept aloud’: Andréani and melodrama
- Chapter 6 ‘The top of it reached to heaven’: Griffith, analogy and scale
- Chapter 7 ‘She came close to his bed’: vamps and other leading ladies
- Chapter 8 ‘But Pharaoh hardened his heart’: Exodus and Egypt
- Chapter 9 ‘The end of these wonders?’: the triumph of spectacle
- Afterword
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Scripture index
- General index
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- The Bible on Silent FilmSpectacle, Story and Scripture in the Early Cinema, pp. 95 - 122Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013