TY - BOOK ID - 40865961 TI - Women in the Silent Cinema AU - Förster, Annette AU - EYE Film Instituut Nederland PY - 2017 SN - 9048524512 9089647198 9462989958 PB - Amsterdam University Press DB - UniCat KW - Women in motion pictures. KW - Silent films KW - Motion picture actors and actresses KW - History and criticism. KW - Solser, Adriënne, KW - Musidora. KW - Shipman, Nell, KW - Motion pictures KW - Shipman, Helen Barham, KW - Barham, Helen Foster-, KW - Foster-Barham, Helen, KW - Roques, Jeanne KW - Women's Careers, Silent Film, Popular Theatre, Acting, Filmmaking. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:40865961 AB - "This magisterial book offers comprehensive accounts of the professional itineraries of three women in the silent film in the Netherlands, France and North America. Annette Förster presents a careful assessment of the long career of Dutch stage and film actress Adriënne Solser; an exploration of the stage and screen careers of French actress and filmmaker Musidora and Canadian-born actress and filmmaker Nell Shipman; an analysis of the interaction between the popular stage and the silent cinema from the perspective of women at work in both realms; fresh insights into Dutch stage and screen comedy, the French revue and the American Northwest drama of the 1910s; and much more, all grounded in a wealth of archival research" -- Provided by publisher. ER -