Women in the silent cinema : histories of fame and fate
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Women in the silent cinema : histories of fame and fate
（Framing film）
Amsterdam University Press, c2017
- : pbk
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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 Foerster presents a careful assessment of the long career of Dutch stage and film actress Adrienne 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.
Table of Contents
Introduction Archival and Other Sources Part I: Adrienne Solser, the Netherlands Adrienne Solser on the Dutch Popular Stage The Formative Years 1885-1904 The Years of Achievement 1904-1914 The Years of Character Comedy 1914-1920 Adrienne Solser and the Dutch Silent Cinema Interaction Stage and Screen 1896-1930 Dutch Comic Film during the 1920s Adrienne Solser's Production Company 1924-1928 Epilogue Part II: Musidora, France Musidora on the French Popular Stage Jeanne Rocques becoming Musidora 1906-1912 Musidora in Music-hall and the Parisian Revue 1912-1914 Musidora and the French Silent Cinema Musidora as an Actress at Gaumont 1914-1916 Musidora as an Actress 1916-1918 Musidora Writing, Directing, Acting, and Producing Films 1919-1924 Epilogue Part III: Nell Shipman, North America Nell Shipman on the American Popular Stage Nell Shipman's Stage Career 1907-1911 Nell Shipman and the American Silent Cinema Nell Shipman as a Scenarist 1912-1917 Nell Shipman Acting for the Camera 1915-1918 The Shipman-Curwood Film Producing Company 1918-1920 Nell Shipman Writing, Directing, Acting in, and Producing Films 1920-1925 Epilogue Conclusions Career Overviews
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