Women in the Silent Cinema : Histories of Fame and Fate PDF
by Forster Annette Forster
Part of the Framing Film series
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This magisterial book offers comprehensive accounts of the professional itineraries of three women in the silent film in the Netherlands, France and North America.
Annette Forster presents a careful assessment of the long career of Dutch stage and film actress Adrienne Solser; an exploration of the stage and screen careers of French actress and filmmaker Musidora and Canadian-born actress and filmmaker Nell Shipman; an analysis of the interaction between the popular stage and the silent cinema from the perspective of women at work in both realms; fresh insights into Dutch stage and screen comedy, the French revue and the American Northwest drama of the 1910s; and much more, all grounded in a wealth of archival research.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:572 pages
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:20/03/2017
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- ISBN:9789048524518
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:572 pages
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:20/03/2017
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- ISBN:9789048524518
