Overview

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.

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Author:   Annette Förster
Publisher:   Pallas Publications
Imprint:   Pallas Publications
Edition:   0
Volume:   0
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.200kg
ISBN:  

9789089647191

ISBN 10:   9089647198
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   20 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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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

http://en.aup.nl/nieuws/363-two-aup-titles-included-in-choice-reviews-outstanding-academic-title-list-2017.html >Included in in Choice's annual Outstanding Academic Titles list for 2017. [-][-] [-][-] http://www.filmkrant.nl/TS_mei_2017/15430 >'Deze vrouwen bepaalden zelf hoe ze in beeld kwamen', article on Women in the Silent Cinema in de Filmkrant.

Author Information

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

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