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Record Nr.

UNISA996524971003316

Autore

Duckett Victoria

Titolo

Transnational Trailblazers of Early Cinema : Sarah Bernhardt, Gabrielle Réjane, Mistinguett / / Victoria Duckett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

9780520382121

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

Cinema Cultures in Contact ; ; 5

Disciplina

791.43611

Soggetti

Motion pictures and transnationalism - History - 20th century

PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General

Film criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Three Transnational Trailblazers -- 1. Sarah Bernhardt: Transformative Fame in Britain and America -- 2. Gabrielle Réjane: The Comedy of a Celebrity Commoner -- 3. Mistinguett: The Making of Modern Cinema -- 4. The Filmic Front: Transnational Cinema and World War I -- Conclusion. Difference and Diversity: The Expanding Horizons of Transnational Film -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. At the forefront of the entertainment industries of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were singular actors: Sarah Bernhardt, Gabrielle Réjane, and Mistinguett. Talented and formidable women with global ambitions, these performers forged connections with audiences across the world while pioneering the use of film and theatrics to gain international renown. Transnational Trailblazers of Early Cinema traces how these women emerged from the Parisian periphery to become world-famous stars. Building upon extensive archival research in France, England, and the United States, Victoria Duckett argues that, through intrepid



business prowess and the use of early multimedia to cultivate their celebrity image, these three artists strengthened ties between countries, continents, and cultures during pivotal years of change.