The ultimate directory of silent and sound era performers : a necrology of actors and actresses / Billy H. Doyle ; consulting editor, Anthony Slide.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Billy H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture actors and actresses--Biography--Dictionaries.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Motion picture actors and actresses--Biography.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 623 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1999.

Summary:

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 era, 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 621-622).

ISBN:

0810835479

OCLC:

40408803