TY - BOOK AU - Förster,Annette ED - EYE Film Instituut Nederland, ED - Project Muse. TI - Women in the Silent Cinema : : Histories of Fame and Fate / T2 - Framing film / EYE filmmuseum SN - 9789048524518 PY - 2017/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Shipman, Nell, KW - Musidora. KW - Solser, Adriënne, KW - Women in motion pictures KW - fast KW - Silent films KW - Motion picture actors and actresses KW - PERFORMING ARTS KW - Reference KW - bisacsh KW - ART KW - General KW - Films muets KW - Histoire et critique KW - Femmes au cinema KW - Biography KW - History and criticism KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Biographies KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Intro; Table of Contents; Introduction; PART I -- ADRIÃ#x8B;NNE SOLSER; Adriñnne Solser on the Dutch Popular Stage; Adriñnne Solser and the Dutch Silent Cinema; PART II -- MUSIDORA; Musidora on the French Popular Stage; Musidora and the French Silent Cinema; PART III -- NELL SHIPMAN; Nell Shipman on the American Popular Stage; Nell Shipman and the American Silent Cinema; In Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Career Overviews; Acknowledgements; Illustration Credits; Index; Open Access N2 - "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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/66578/ ER -