American silent film : discovering marginalized voices / edited by Gregg Bachman and Thomas J. Slater.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bachman, Gregg, 1955-

Slater, Thomas J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silent films--United States--History and criticism.

Silent films.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2002]

Summary:

These eleven essays open new vistas and introduce figures, films, and phenomena from the lost margins of film industry history, with emphasis on the contributions of women and minorities. The contributors also address changes in American society during the silent film era as reflected in Film production and content.

Contents:

Introduction: New Voices in American Silent Film / Gregg Bachman, Thomas J. Slater 1

1. Movies at the Margins: The Distribution of Films to Theaters in Small-Town America, 1895-1919 / George Potamianos 9

2. Charlie Steiner's Houston Hippodrome: Moviegoing on New York's Lower East Side, 1909-1913 / Judith Thissen 27

3. "Have You the Power?": The Palmer Photoplay Corporation and the Film Viewer/Author in the 1920s / Anne Morey 48

4. The Fiery Gaze: A Modest Proposal for Better Seeing / Jean Chateauvert 70

5. John Randolph Bray: Animation Pioneer / Mark Langer 94

6. Sound and the Silent Film / Maureen Furniss 115

7. Sex and Snow: Landscape and Identity in the God's Country Films of Nell Shipman / Kay Armatage 125

8. Normalizing Stars: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Hollywood Consolidation / Sam Stoloff 148

9. The Fictionalized Ethnic Biography: Nita Naldi and the Crisis of Assimilation / Diane Negra 176

10. June Mathis: A Woman Who Spoke Through Silents / Thomas J. Slater 201

11. "Abstract and Brief Chronicles": The Early History of MGM Revisioned / Joanna E. Rapf 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index.

ISBN:

0809324016

0809324024

OCLC:

47705673