02684nam 2200601Ia 450 991078571630332120200520144314.01-283-71608-91-62103-703-7(CKB)2670000000270892(EBL)1049010(OCoLC)777251346(SSID)ssj0000755944(PQKBManifestationID)11409816(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755944(PQKBWorkID)10730940(PQKB)11764846(MiAaPQ)EBC1049010(MdBmJHUP)muse24799(MiAaPQ)EBC4977808(Au-PeEL)EBL1049010(CaPaEBR)ebr10619476(Au-PeEL)EBL4977808(CaONFJC)MIL402858(OCoLC)819508596(EXLCZ)99267000000027089220120206d2012 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrHollywood unknowns[electronic resource] a history of extras, bit players, and stand-ins /Anthony SlideJackson University Press of Mississippic20121 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61703-474-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.The extra in the early silent years -- The 1920's -- The Hollywood studio club -- Central casting -- The port of missing girls -- The coming of sound -- The stand-in -- Celebrity extras -- The silent star as extra -- Ethnic extras -- The 1940's, unionization, and beyond -- "Extras, extras, read all about 'em".Extras, bit players, and stand-ins have been a part of the film industry almost from its conception. On a personal and a professional level, their stories are told in Hollywood Unknowns, the first history devoted to extras from the silent era through the present. Hollywood Unknowns discusses the relationship of the extra to the star, the lowly position in which extras were held, the poor working conditions and wages, and the sexual exploitation of many of the hardworking women striving for a place in Hollywood society. Though mainly anonymous, many are identified by nameExtras (Actors)United StatesMotion picturesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryExtras (Actors)Motion picturesHistory792.02/80973Slide Anthony457503MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785716303321Hollywood unknowns3839853UNINA