Women in the silent cinema : histories of fame and fate /

"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 o...

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Main Author:	Förster, Annette (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017.
Series:	Framing film (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Subjects:	Solser, Adriënne, > 1873-1943. Musidora. Shipman, Nell, > 1892-1970. Women in motion pictures. Silent films > History and criticism. Motion picture actors and actresses > Biography. Femmes au cinéma. Films muets > Histoire et critique. ART > General. PERFORMING ARTS > Reference. Motion picture actors and actresses. Silent films. Electronic books. Biographies. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:	"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"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (560 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-525) and index.
ISBN:	9789048524518 9048524512