LEADER 03507nam 2200757 450 001 9910821011703321 005 20231206204406.0 010 $a1-282-03692-0 010 $a9786612036927 010 $a1-4426-8137-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442681378 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004441 035 $a(EBL)4672068 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297551 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228021 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297551 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10333418 035 $a(PQKB)11281725 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600581 035 $a(DE-B1597)464973 035 $a(OCoLC)1002273881 035 $a(OCoLC)1004882215 035 $a(OCoLC)1011453697 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938879 035 $a(OCoLC)944177435 035 $a(OCoLC)999360483 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442681378 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672068 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257752 035 $a(OCoLC)666917625 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/m3wk72 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418389 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672068 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105349 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3257971 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004441 100 $a20160923h20032003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe girl from God's country $eNell Shipman and the silent cinema /$fKay Armatage 210 1$aToronto, Ontario ;$aBuffalo, New York ;$aLondon, England :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (437 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8020-4414-X 311 $a0-8020-8542-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWomen directors of the silent era: the scholarship -- Women with megaphones -- Back to God's country -- Something new -- The girl from God's country -- The grub-stake -- Bits and pieces -- Tissue-paper tower -- Naked on the palisades. 330 1 $a"In The Girl from God's Country, Kay Armatage reintroduces film studies scholars to Nell Shipman, a pioneer in both Canadian and American film, and one of proportionately numerous women from Hollywood's silent era who wrote, directed, produced, and acted in motion pictures. Born and raised in British Columbia, Shipman became a contract actress for Vitagraph Studios, starring in God's Country and the Woman (1915) and Back to God's Country (1919), among other films. These action-packed adventure melodramas, in which the heroine is called upon to rescue her husband and defeat the villain, were immensely successful. Later, Shipman started up her own production company to make films centred on her screen persona, 'the girl from God's country.' By the mid-1920s, however, the formation of the large Hollywood studios and vertical integration closed down the independents, Shipman among them. Nevertheless, she continued writing until her death in 1970"--Jacket 606 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts$2bisacsh 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts. 676 $a791.43/023/092 700 $aArmatage$b Kay$01695037 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821011703321 996 $aThe girl from God's country$94074005 997 $aUNINA