Eloquent Gestures : The Transformation of Performance Style in the Griffith Biograph Films / / Roberta E. Pearson |
Autore | Pearson Roberta E. |
Edizione | [Reprint 2019] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1992] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 184 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 791.43/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Silent films - United States - History
Motion picture acting Movement (Acting) Silent films - History and criticism - United States |
ISBN |
0-585-29940-4
0-520-91104-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Theatrical Heritage -- 3. The Histrionic and Verisimilar Codes in the Biograph Films -- 4. Performance Style and the Interaction of Signifying Practices -- 5. D. W. Griffith and the Biograph Company -- 6. Henry B. Walthall -- 7. Trade Press Discourse -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248213003316 |
Pearson Roberta E.
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The Movies as a World Force : American Silent Cinema and the Utopian Imagination / / Ryan Jay Friedman |
Autore | Friedman Ryan Jay |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 254 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 791.43/672 |
Soggetto topico |
Utopias in motion pictures
Silent films - United States - History |
ISBN | 0-8135-9363-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Motion Pictures and Modern Communion -- 1. Enlightened Public Opinion: Postreform Progressivism, Mental Science, and Gerald Stanley Lee's "Moving-Pictures" -- 2. "The Occult Elements of Motion and Light": Vachel Lindsay's Utopia of the Mirror Screen -- 3. "The Motion Picture Is War's Greatest Antidote": Rescue as Release of Force in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance -- 4. "Everything Wooed Everything": The Triumph of Morale over Moralism in Rupert Hughes's Souls for Sale -- 5. "Little Grains of Sand": Positive Thinking and Corporate Form in Douglas Fairbanks's The Thief of Bagdad -- Conclusion: Universal History and the Historicity of Film Entertainment -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795376903321 |
Friedman Ryan Jay
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The Movies as a World Force : American Silent Cinema and the Utopian Imagination / / Ryan Jay Friedman |
Autore | Friedman Ryan Jay |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 254 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 791.43/672 |
Soggetto topico |
Utopias in motion pictures
Silent films - United States - History |
ISBN | 0-8135-9363-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Motion Pictures and Modern Communion -- 1. Enlightened Public Opinion: Postreform Progressivism, Mental Science, and Gerald Stanley Lee's "Moving-Pictures" -- 2. "The Occult Elements of Motion and Light": Vachel Lindsay's Utopia of the Mirror Screen -- 3. "The Motion Picture Is War's Greatest Antidote": Rescue as Release of Force in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance -- 4. "Everything Wooed Everything": The Triumph of Morale over Moralism in Rupert Hughes's Souls for Sale -- 5. "Little Grains of Sand": Positive Thinking and Corporate Form in Douglas Fairbanks's The Thief of Bagdad -- Conclusion: Universal History and the Historicity of Film Entertainment -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813074903321 |
Friedman Ryan Jay
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Profit margins : the American silent cinema and the marginalization of advertising / / Jeremy Groskopf |
Autore | Groskopf Jeremy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 pages) |
Disciplina | 659.152 |
Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures in advertising - United States - History
Silent films - United States - History |
ISBN | 0-253-05937-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794797903321 |
Groskopf Jeremy
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Profit margins : the American silent cinema and the marginalization of advertising / / Jeremy Groskopf |
Autore | Groskopf Jeremy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 pages) |
Disciplina | 659.152 |
Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures in advertising - United States - History
Silent films - United States - History |
ISBN | 0-253-05937-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821799103321 |
Groskopf Jeremy
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Silent film and the triumph of the American myth / / Paula Marantz Cohen [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Cohen Paula Marantz <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 pages) |
Disciplina | 791.43/0973 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Silent films - United States - History
Silent films - United States - Social aspects Popular culture - American influences |
ISBN |
0-19-772615-1
1-280-83497-8 0-19-534388-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; 1 Literary Antecedents of American Silent Film; 2 Houdini, Keaton, and the Rise of the Body; 3 Hart, Fairbanks, and the Vitalization of Landscape; 4 Griffith, Gish, and the Narrative of the Face; 5 The Birth of the Star System and the Shaping of the Modern Self; 6 The Transition to Sound; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818061403321 |
Cohen Paula Marantz <1953->
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