The Ultimate Directory Of The Silent Screen Performers

Author : Billy H. Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Directory of the Silent Screen Performers written by Billy H. Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for some 7500 deceased actors as well as directors, producers, writers, politicians, and sports figures who appeared in silent films.

Author : Billy H. Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers written by Billy H. Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A follow-up to The Ultimate Directory of the Silent Screen Performers (1995), this text includes the birth, death, and career dates of actors during the transition from silents to sound and into the sound era in filmmaking. The book includes individuals from Europe, Asia, Australia, and North and South America, ranging from stars and featured actors to character and minor actors. The reader will find actors that bridge the silent and the sound eras, actors from the "Golden Age of Hollywood," and actors who straddle the big screen and the small screen of television. Information is included on thousands of actors from throughout the world, creating a populated map of film history. With the continued popularity of classic films, from early Hollywood and around the world, The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers will be a welcome resource.

Author : George A. Katchmer
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476609055
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses written by George A. Katchmer and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before sound became an essential part of motion pictures, Westerns were an established genre. The men and women who brought to life cowboys, cowgirls, villains, sidekicks, distressed damsels and outraged townspeople often continued with their film careers, finding success and fame well into the sound era--always knowing that it was in silent Westerns that their careers began. More than a thousand of these once-silent Western players are featured in this fully indexed encyclopedic work. Each entry includes a detailed biography, covering both personal and professional milestones and a complete Western filmography. A foreword is supplied by Diana Serra Cary (formerly the child star "Baby Peggy"), who performed with many of the actors herein.

Author : Eric L. Flom
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786439084
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silent Film Stars on the Stages of Seattle written by Eric L. Flom and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before they became household names, many would-be Hollywood stars began their careers as small-time actors in regional theatres and playhouses. Few of them earned much recognition based on their time in the footlights, but often the stage provided these Hollywood hopefuls with their first break in show business. Drawing on material from the J. Willis Sayre Collection, a nearly unbroken accumulation of theatrical programs from 1865 to 1955, this book chronicles the Seattle stage engagements of more than 30 silent film personalities. Such Hollywood giants as Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Cecil B. DeMille, D.W. Griffith, and Buster Keaton, to name just a few, can trace their early careers through the Emerald City.

Author : Robert K. Klepper
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604843
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silent Films, 1877Ð1996 written by Robert K. Klepper and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-01-21 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This film reference covers 646 silent motion pictures, starting with Eadweard Muybridge’s initial motion photography experiments in 1877 and even including The Taxi Dancer (1996). Among the genres included are classics, dramas, Westerns, light comedies, documentaries and even poorly produced early pornography. Masterpieces such as Joan the Woman (1916), Intolerance (1916) and Faust (1926) can be found, as well as rare titles that have not received critical attention since their original releases. Each entry provides the most complete credits possible, a full description, critical commentary, and an evaluation of the film’s unique place in motion picture history. Birth dates, death dates, and other facts are provided for the directors and players where available, with a selection of photographs of those individuals. The work is thoroughly indexed.

Author : Billy H. Doyle
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810835498
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ultimate Directory written by Billy H. Doyle and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-volume set consists of The Ultimate Directory of Silent Screen Performers, (1995), The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers (1999), and The Ultimate Directory of Film Technicians (1999).

Author : Michael Slade Shull
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476611033
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909Ð1929 written by Michael Slade Shull and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work identifies 436 American silent films released between 1909 and 1929 that engaged the issues of militant labor and revolutionary radicalism. It begins with an extended introduction and analytical chapters that investigate the ways in which the American motion picture industry portrayed the interrelationships between labor radicals, exploitative capitalists, socialist idealists and Bolsheviks during this critical twenty-year period. Each entry contains a detailed plot synopsis, citations to primary sources, coding indicating the presence or absence of 14 predominant discernible biases (including anti- and pro-capitalism, socialism, revolution and labor), and subject coding keyed to 64 related terms and concepts (including agitators, Bolshevism, bombs, female radicals, militias, mobs, political refugees, and strikes). These statistical data included in the filmography are presented in a series of charts and are fully integrated into the historical-critical text. Total number and percentage statistics for the instances of these coded biases and traits are given per year, per era, and overall.

Author : Ron Blazek
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313007659
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Term Paper Resource Guide to Twentieth-Century United States History written by Ron Blazek and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-05-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students will write more effective term papers with this guide to 500 term paper ideas—as well as a listing of appropriate print and nonprint sources— on twentieth-century U.S. history. This guide presents entries on 100 of the most important events and developments in twentieth-century U.S. history organized in chronological order. Each entry consists of a short description of the event, followed by five specific suggestions for term papers about the event, and a wide-ranging annotated bibliography of 15-35 books, articles, videos, and a web site appropriate for student research. In every case the emphasis is on recent and up-to-date material, as well as landmark works and primary sources. Every entry contains a video and concludes with a recommended web site, producing a multimedia approach designed to appeal to the current information-gathering habits and preferences of young people. From the Spanish-American War to the creation of NAFTA, the 100 events and developments cover political, social, economic, and cultural issues. The work has been designed to meet the needs of the U.S. history curriculum. Term paper topic ideas offer students thought-provoking suggestions that are challenging and develop critical thinking skills. The annotated bibliography is organized into reference sources, general sources, specialized sources, biographical sources, periodical articles, recommended videos and World Wide Web sites. All items are readily available in school, public, and academic library collections. This unique guide is valuable not only to students, but to teachers and librarians who guide students in research, and is an excellent purchasing guide for librarians who serve student needs.

Author : Eve Golden
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786483547
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Images written by Eve Golden and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work contains 41 engaging essays on players of the silent screen, from superstars like Rudolph Valentino and Clara Bow to fascinating figures like Clarine Seymour and Arthur Johnson. These stories range from the tragic (early deaths, drug problems, talkie-related career failures) to the triumphant (a surprising number of silent stars enjoyed long, happy lives). Many of these personalities have never before been covered in depth, and their careers highlight the entire silent era, from its beginnings in the 1890s to its demise in the late 1920s. These essays, earlier versions of which were published in Classic Images, have been completely reedited and rewritten, reflecting information later made available to the author.

Author : Jeff Codori
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476676178
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Film History Through Trade Journal Art, 1916-1920 written by Jeff Codori and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period in film history between the regimentation of the Edison Trust and the vertical integration of the Studio System--roughly 1916 through 1920--was a time of structural and artistic experimentation for the American film industry. As the nature of the industry was evolving, society around it was changing as well; arts, politics and society were in a state of flux between old and new. Before the major studios dominated the industry, droves of smaller companies competed for the attention of the independent exhibitor, their gateway to the movie-goer. Their arena was in the pages of the trade press, and their weapons were their advertisements, often bold and eye-catching. The reporting of the trade journals, as they witnessed the evolution of the industry from its infancy towards the future, is the basis of this history. Pulled from the pages of the journals themselves as archived by the Media History Digital Library, the observations of the trade press writers are accompanied by cleaned and restored advertisements used in the battle among the young film companies. They offer a unique and vital look at this formative period of film history.