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Author: Eric L. Flom
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9780786439089
ISBN 10: 0786439084
Pages: 309
Publication Date: 19 March 2009
Recommended Age: From 18 years
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Seattle Critic J. Willis Sayre and the J. Willis Sayre Collection 1. Way Out West: Seattle’s Theatrical History 2. A Race Across the Continent: The Roadshow Engagements of Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Mary Miles Minter, William S. Hart, Douglas Fairbanks and Lon Chaney 3. Roads of Destiny: The Roadshow Engagements of Theda Bara, Marguerite Clark, Marshall Neilan, D.W. Griffith, Thomas Ince and Cecil B. DeMille 4. All the Comforts of Home: The Extended Engagements of John Bunny, Roscoe Arbuckle and Tom Mix 5. Laugh, Town, Laugh: The Vaudeville Engagements of Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Harry Langdon, Francis X. Bushman and Nell Shipman 6. A Matinee Idol: The Promotional Appearances of William S. Hart, Nell Shipman, Rudolph Valentino, and the Screen Ball of 1919 7. Best Foot Forward: The Sound Era Engagements of Roscoe Arbuckle, Tom Mix, Harry Langdon, Norma Talmadge, Blanche Sweet, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Ben Turpin and J. Stuart Blackton 8. The Last Word Appendix I: Engagements by Performer Appendix II: Stock Theatre Appearances of Clara Kimball Young Appendix III: Silent Film Performers Noted in the J. Willis Sayre Collection Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Reviews
an engaging and entertaining combination of film history and local interest...the work of an enthusiastic researcher and writer...it reveals a wealth of new information about many of the great personalities of early film...excellent...The world would be a better place with more books like Silent Film Stars on the Stages of Seattle --www.examiner.com; Flom is an excellent writer and researcher who clearly loves and understands his topic...a substantial and scholarly work and is one you can keep on hand for future reference --HistoryLink.org.
"""an engaging and entertaining combination of film history and local interest...the work of an enthusiastic researcher and writer...it reveals a wealth of new information about many of the great personalities of early film...excellent...The world would be a better place with more books like Silent Film Stars on the Stages of Seattle""--www.examiner.com; ""Flom is an excellent writer and researcher who clearly loves and understands his topic...a substantial and scholarly work and is one you can keep on hand for future reference""--HistoryLink.org."
an engaging and entertaining combination of film history and local interest...the work of an enthusiastic researcher and writer...it reveals a wealth of new information about many of the great personalities of early film...excellent...The world would be a better place with more books like <i>Silent Film Stars on the Stages of Seattle</i> --<i>www.examiner.com</i>; Flom is an excellent writer and researcher who clearly loves and understands his topic...a substantial and scholarly work and is one you can keep on hand for future reference --<i>HistoryLink.org</i>.
Author Information
In addition to writing books about silent film, Eric L. Flom is a contributing editor to HistoryLink, an online encyclopedia of Washington state history, and has written film and theatre pieces for The Seattle Times, The Enterprise and Silent Era. A longtime resident of Seattle, Flom currently lives in Milton, Georgia.
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