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UNINA9910466877403321 |
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Duckett Victoria |
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Seeing Sarah Bernhardt : performance and silent film / / Victoria Duckett |
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Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Collana |
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Women and Film History International |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion picture industry - France - History |
Silent films - France - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Nullius in verba: acting on silent film -- Hamlet: a short film, 1900 -- Camille: the ladies of the camellias -- Queen Elizabeth: a moving picture, 1912 -- Sarah Bernhardt at home: cinema and the home, ca. 1915 -- Mothers of France: World War I, film, and propaganda -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The most famous stage actress of the nineteenth century, Sarah Bernhardt enjoyed a surprising renaissance when the 1912 multi-reel film 'Queen Elizabeth' vaulted her to international acclaim. The triumph capped her already lengthy involvement with cinema while enabling the indefatigable actress to reinvent herself in an era of technological and generational change. Placing Bernhardt at the centre of the industry's first two decades, Victoria Duckett challenges the perception of her as an anachronism unable to appreciate film's qualities. |
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