Women in the Silent Cinema : Histories of Fame and Fate Paperback / softback
by 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 Förster presents a careful assessment of the long career of Dutch stage and film actress Adriënne 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:Paperback / softback
- Pages:560 pages, 81 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:21/05/2019
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- ISBN:9789462989955
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:560 pages, 81 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:21/05/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9789462989955
