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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. At the forefront of the entertainment industries of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were singular actors: Sarah Bernhardt, Gabrielle Réjane, and Mistinguett. Talented and formidable women with global ambitions, these performers forged connections with audiences across the world while pioneering the use of film and theatrics to gain international renown. Transnational Trailblazers of Early Cinema traces how these women emerged from the Parisian periphery to become world-famous stars. Building upon extensive archival research in France, England, and the United States, Victoria Duckett argues that, through intrepid business prowess and the use of early multimedia to cultivate their celebrity image, these three artists strengthened ties between countries, continents, and cultures during pivotal years of change.

Motion pictures and transnationalism --- PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General. --- History --- Transnationalism and motion pictures --- Transnationalism --- Bernhardt, Sarah, --- Réjane, --- Mistinguett, --- Influence. --- Bourgeois, Jeanne, --- Mistenguett, --- Mistinguette, --- Réju, Gabrielle Charlotte, --- Réju, Gabrielle, --- Réjane, Gabrielle Charlotte Réju, --- Bernar, Sara, --- Bernhardt, Rosine Bernard Damala, --- בערנארד, שרה --- ברנאר, שרה --- Beṛnarě, Saṛa, --- Bernard, Henriette-Rosine, --- Divine Sarah

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This two-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling actors in cinema history, asking in many different and complementary ways what makes performance meaningful, how it reflects a director's style, as well as how it contributes to the development of national cinemas and cultures. Whether noting the precise ways actors shape film narrative, achieve emotional effect, or move toward political subversion, the essays in these books innovate new approaches to studying screen performance as an art form and cultural force. This second volume focuses on international cinema, and includes case studies of key performances.

Motion picture acting. --- Motion picture acting --- Motion pictures --- Film acting --- Moving-picture acting --- Acting --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- History. --- History --- History and criticism