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Author Förster, Annette, author.

Title Women in the silent cinema : histories of fame and fate / Annette Förster
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (560 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Series Framing film / EYE filmmuseum
Framing film (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Contents Intro; Table of Contents; Introduction; PART I -- ADRIÃ#x8B;NNE SOLSER; Adriñnne Solser on the Dutch Popular Stage; Adriñnne Solser and the Dutch Silent Cinema; PART II -- MUSIDORA; Musidora on the French Popular Stage; Musidora and the French Silent Cinema; PART III -- NELL SHIPMAN; Nell Shipman on the American Popular Stage; Nell Shipman and the American Silent Cinema; In Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Career Overviews; Acknowledgements; Illustration Credits; Index
Summary "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 1910s; and much more, all grounded in a wealth of archival research"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-525) and index
Subject Solser, Adriënne, 1873-1943.
Musidora.
Shipman, Nell, 1892-1970.
Musidora.
Shipman, Nell, 1892-1970.
Women in motion pictures.
Silent films -- History and criticism
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography
ART -- General.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Silent films.
Women in motion pictures.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author EYE Film Instituut Nederland, issuing body.
ISBN 9789048524518
9048524512