for piece on violence in cinema need ASAP name of "serious" silent film supposedly aimed at audiences of higher tastes which nevertheless contain a fair amount of violent footage prefer l9l4 or prior seem to recall a film made in france quite famous about the assassination of the comte d'guise etc also the name of the commission formed in the l930s to investigate cinematic violence and its impact many thanks hrgmd endit ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite