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Autore |
Förster Annette (Film historian) |
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Titolo |
Women in the Silent Cinema / Annette Förster |
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Amsterdam University Press, 2017 |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (560 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Framing film / EYE filmmuseum |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion picture actors and actresses |
Silent films - History and criticism |
Women in motion pictures |
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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-525) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART I: ADRIËNNE SOLSER THE NETHERLANDS -- Adriënne Solser on the Dutch Popular Stage -- Adriënne Solser and the Dutch Silent Cinema -- PART II: MUSIDORA FRANCE -- Musidora on the French Popular Stage -- Musidora and the French Silent Cinema -- PART III: NELL SHIPMAN NORTH AMERICA -- Nell Shipman on the American Popular Stage -- Nell Shipman and the American Silent Cinema -- In Conclusion -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- CAREER OVERVIEWS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEX |
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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 |
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