Legitimate Cinema : Theatre Stars in Silent British Films, 1908-1918 Hardback
by Jon Burrows
Part of the Exeter Studies in Film History series
Hardback
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This is the first new book-length study of British cinema of the 1910s to be published for over fifty years, and it focuses on the close relationship between the British film industry and the Edwardian theatre.
Why were so many West End legends such as Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Ellen Terry repeatedly tempted to dabble in silent film work?
Why were film producers so keen to employ them? Jon Burrows studies their screen performances and considers how successfully they made the transition from one medium to the other, and offers some controversial conclusions about the surprisingly broad social range of filmgoers to whom their films appealed.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:University of Exeter Press
- Publication Date:03/01/2003
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- ISBN:9780859897259
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:University of Exeter Press
- Publication Date:03/01/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780859897259
