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Women in the Silent Cinema : Histories of Fame and Fate /

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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...

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Main Author: Förster, Annette (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shipman, Nell, > 1892-1970.
Musidora.
Solser, Adriënne, > 1873-1943.
Women in motion pictures.
Silent films.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
ART > General.
Films muets > Histoire et critique.
Femmes au cinema.
Motion picture actors and actresses > Biography.
Silent films > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
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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 (572 pages): illustrations, portraits
ISBN:9789048524518
Access:Open Access

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