▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁Thomas ▁H . ▁In ce ▁( 1 8 8 0 – 1 9 2 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁silent ▁film ▁actor , ▁director , ▁screen writer ▁and ▁producer . ▁He ▁built ▁In ce ville , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁film ▁stud ios ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁He ▁was ▁called ▁the ▁" F ather ▁of ▁the ▁Western ." ▁Brian ▁T aves ▁was ▁an ▁archiv ist ▁with ▁the ▁Library ▁of ▁Congress . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁bi ography ▁of ▁In ce . ▁T ave ' s ▁research ▁work ▁included ▁an ▁analysis ▁of ▁In ce ' s ▁papers , ▁films ▁and ▁trade ▁journ als ▁of ▁the ▁silent ▁era . ▁He ▁also ▁used ▁ 1 3 , 0 0 0 ▁items ▁in ▁the ▁Library ▁of ▁Congress ' s ▁archive ▁on ▁In ce . ▁ ▁Sum mary ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁divided ▁into ▁ 5 ▁parts ▁and ▁ 1 7 ▁chap ters . ▁The ▁parts ▁have ▁been ▁titled ▁Begin nings , ▁M aking ▁a ▁Re putation , ▁In nov ations , ▁Param ount ▁and ▁The ▁Per ils ▁of ▁an ▁Independent . ▁The ▁first ▁three ▁parts ▁have ▁ 2 ▁chap ters ▁each ▁while ▁the ▁fourth ▁one ▁has ▁three ▁and ▁the ▁remaining ▁form ▁the ▁last ▁part . ▁Post ers ▁of ▁In ce ' s ▁films , ▁his ▁frequent ▁collabor ators ▁and ▁articles ▁about ▁his ▁film ▁making ▁techniques ▁were ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁book . ▁A ▁full ▁chapter - case ▁study ▁of ▁Her ▁Re putation , ▁a ▁film ▁based ▁on ▁yellow ▁journal ism , ▁was ▁also ▁included .