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Legitimate cinema : theatre stars in silent British films, 1908-1918 / Jon Burrows.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.G7 B79 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burrows, Jon.
- Series:
- Exeter studies in film history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture actors and actresses--Great Britain.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Silent films--Great Britain.
- Silent films.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Theatre stars in silent British films, 1908-1918
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1. 'Only in England is Such Characterisation Possible': Class, Taste, National Values and the Edwardian Stage Actor 27
- 2. British 'Films d'Art': Theatre Stars in Transitional Cinema, 1908-1911 43
- 3. Patterns of 'Convergence' in Pre-war Entertainment: Legitimate Actors in Music Halls 90
- 4. Lost in the Translation: The Troubled Reception of Forbes-Robertson's Hamlet (1913) 112
- 5. Transferable Skills: The Edwardian Character Actor on the Screen 141
- 6. 'The Whole English Stage To Be Seen For Sixpence': Ideal's 'High-Class' Wartime Films 180.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0859897257
- OCLC:
- 51194045
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