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1 online resource (272 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Cinema and society series
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Cinema and society.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Author Bio; Endorsement; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; General editor's introduction; Introduction: Winifred Hopcroft's story; The 'craze' for film acting; Film acting and the British silent cinema; Participation and self-improvement; Exploiting ambition; 1 In and out of the studio: The silent film actor in Britain; Acting for a living; Actors in the early cinema; Picture personalities and crowd players; Working conditions; Stage and screen: Clive Brook and Brian Aherne; A 'nice' job for girls: Mabel Poulton and Chili Bouchier |
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2 Learn to act for the cinema in your own home: Instructional guides to film actingSilent cinema and participation; How to become a film artiste; Stage experience not essential; Screen types; Speech, gesture and movement; The art of facial expression; An imaginary camera in your sitting room; A cheap course of star study; 3 The common round: Finding film work in interwar London; Waiting rooms; Cinema schools; Girls who haunt Filmland; The most troublesome woman in London; Schools for the screen-struck?; 4 Stand forth, Mary Pickford the second! Searching for British stars |
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Fan magazine readers get their chanceNewspaper contests; Cinemagazine beauties; A protégée for Norma Talmadge; Friday night is Amami night; Cinderella of the films: Margaret Leahy; Epilogue: From silence to sound; Notes; Introduction: Winifred Hopcroft's story; 1. In and out of the studio: The silent film actor in Britain; 2. Learn to act for the cinema in your own home: Instructional guides to film acting; 3. The common round: Finding film work in interwar London; 4. Stand forth, Mary Pickford the second! Searching for British stars; Epilogue: From silence to sound; Select filmography |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Silent films.
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Silent films. |
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Acting.
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Acting. |
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Rourke, Chris. Acting for the silent screen. Film actors and aspiration between the wars. London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. 2016 9781784532796 (OCoLC)949770850 |
ISBN |
9781786720597 (electronic book) |
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1786720590 (electronic book) |
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9781784532796 |
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1784532797 |
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