Women in the Silent Cinema
Title
Women in the Silent Cinema
Subtitle
Histories of Fame and Fate
Price
€ 88,95 excl. VAT
ISBN
9789462989955
Format
Paperback
Number of pages
560
Language
English
Publication date
Dimensions
15.6 x 23.4 cm
Table of Contents
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Introduction Archival and Other Sources Part I: Adriënne Solser, the Netherlands Adriënne Solser on the Dutch Popular Stage The Formative Years 1885-1904 The Years of Achievement 1904-1914 The Years of Character Comedy 1914-1920 Adriënne Solser and the Dutch Silent Cinema Interaction Stage and Screen 1896-1930 Dutch Comic Film during the 1920s Adriënne Solser's Production Company 1924-1928 Epilogue Part II: Musidora, France Musidora on the French Popular Stage Jeanne Rocques becoming Musidora 1906-1912 Musidora in Music-hall and the Parisian Revue 1912-1914 Musidora and the French Silent Cinema Musidora as an Actress at Gaumont 1914-1916 Musidora as an Actress 1916-1918 Musidora Writing, Directing, Acting, and Producing Films 1919-1924 Epilogue Part III: Nell Shipman, North America Nell Shipman on the American Popular Stage Nell Shipman's Stage Career 1907-1911 Nell Shipman and the American Silent Cinema Nell Shipman as a Scenarist 1912-1917 Nell Shipman Acting for the Camera 1915-1918 The Shipman-Curwood Film Producing Company 1918-1920 Nell Shipman Writing, Directing, Acting in, and Producing Films 1920-1925 Epilogue Conclusions Career Overviews

Reviews and Features

"This study offers three comprehensive and knowledgeable monographs in one book. It includes the first long academic treatment of Musidora in English while also offering an exhaustive amount of factual evidence presented through careful explanations, interpretations and argumentation. *Women in the Silent Cinema: Histories of Fame and Fate* is a most valuable and groundbreaking reference for any further research on women’s positions and authorship in the international film industry of the 1910s and 1920s." - Martin Loiperdinger, University of Trier, Germany "This publication is the first study on Musidora, actress, director and woman of letters, published outside of France. We met her [Annette Förster] in Bologna, Italy, June 2017 at the Festival Il Cinema Rítrovato, which she has been collaborating with for several years now. She is giving us the honour to publish, in French, a presentation of her work, especially for the Friends of Musidora. Thank You Annette!" - Yvon Dupart, *Cahiers Musidora* no. 2 (originally published in French) "This book is for anyone who wants to keep their historiographical perspective on the popular culture of early and classical modernism alive - proving once again that everywhere (and down to the level of individual biographies) one must reckon with cultural-traditional and creative interpretations to really understand the range of the individual forms of performance and also the entire popular cultural landscape of the time." - Peter Ellenbruch, *Medienwissenschaft* (originally published in German) "*Women in the Silent Cinema* illuminates the mechanisms that governed the early film industry in Netherlands, France and the United States, presenting research findings pragmatically, and clearly explaining their significance [...] This is an excellent, meticulously developed source, and the accessible style of Förster’s writing — as well as her avoidance of unnecessary jargon — will make it appealing to non-specialized readership." - Agata Frymus, *Early Popular Visual Culture* "Förster is painstaking in locating the women's careers in personal, theatrical, literary, and cinematic context, and she does especially well in reconstructing their lost films. An amazing book!" - *Choice Reviews*, W.A. Vincent, Michigan State University. Also [Included in Choice's annual Outstanding Academic Titles list for 2017!](https://www.aup.nl/en/articles/two-aup-titles-included-in-choice-reviews-outstanding-academic-title-list)

Annette Förster

Women in the Silent Cinema

Histories of Fame and Fate

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.
Author

Annette Förster

Annette Förster is a media historian and film curator specialized in women in film history.