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Author:   Annette Förster
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
Edition:   0
Volume:   0
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9789462989955

ISBN 10:   9462989958
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   21 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Archival and Other Sources Part I: Adriënne Solser, the Netherlands Adriënne Solser on the Dutch Popular Stage The Formative Years 1885-1904 The Years of Achievement 1904-1914 The Years of Character Comedy 1914-1920 Adriënne Solser and the Dutch Silent Cinema Interaction Stage and Screen 1896-1930 Dutch Comic Film during the 1920s Adriënne 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

Reviews

This publication is the first study on Musidora, actress, director and woman of letters, published outside of France. We met her [Annette F rster] in Bologna, Italy, June 2017 at the Festival Il Cinema R trovato, which she has been collaborating with for several years now. She is giving us the honour to publish, in French, a presentation of her work, especially for the Friends of Musidora. Thank You Annette! - Yvon Dupart, *Cahiers Musidora* no. 2 (originally published in French)[-][-] This book is for anyone who wants to keep their historiographical perspective on the popular culture of early and classical modernism alive - proving once again that everywhere (and down to the level of individual biographies) one must reckon with cultural-traditional and creative interpretations to really understand the range of the individual forms of performance and also the entire popular cultural landscape of the time. - Peter Ellenbruch, *Medienwissenschaft* (originally published in German)[-][-] *Women in the Silent Cinema* illuminates the mechanisms that governed the early film industry in Netherlands, France and the United States, presenting research findings pragmatically, and clearly explaining their significance [...] This is an excellent, meticulously developed source, and the accessible style of F rster's writing - as well as her avoidance of unnecessary jargon - will make it appealing to non-specialized readership. - Agata Frymus, *Early Popular Visual Culture*[-][-] F rster is painstaking in locating the women's careers in personal, theatrical, literary, and cinematic context, and she does especially well in reconstructing their lost films. An amazing book! - *Choice Reviews*, W.A. Vincent, Michigan State University. Also [Included in Choice's annual Outstanding Academic Titles list for 2017!](https://www.aup.nl/en/articles/two-aup-titles-included-in-choice-reviews-outstanding-academic-title-list)

In this brilliant book, F rster delineates 'careerographries' of three stars of early cinema--one Dutch (Adri nne Solser), one French (Musidora), and one Canadian (Nell Shipman)....F rster is painstaking in locating the women's careers in personal, theatrical, literary, and cinematic context, and she does especially well in reconstructing their lost films. An amazing book...Essential. --Choice Deemed a Choice Outstanding Academic Title--A Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Author Information

Annette Förster is a media historian and film curator specialized in women in film history.

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