ENGLISH

Legitimate Cinema: Theatre Stars in Silent British Films, 1908-1918

By Jon Burrows

Book information

Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0859897257, 9780859897259
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3473642 bytes)
Series
Exeter Studies in Film History
Pages
288\292
Time added
2017-01-29 21:44:37
Performing Arts;Dance;Individual Directors;Magic &UsedUsed & Rental Textbooks;Specialty Boutique;Film &

Description

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.

Similar books