The Ultimate Directory of Silent Screen Performers - A Necrology of Births and Deaths and Essays on 50 Lost Players (Hardcover)

Libraries abound with books on silent film history and numerous biographies on the legendary stars, but what about the thousands and thousands of actors who never obtained legendary status? Film enthusiasts with easy access to silent films today have become interested in those long ago players who supported the star. This necrology is devoted solely to the actors of the Silent Screen. The book includes entries for some 7,500 deceased actors as well as directors, producers, writers, politicians, and sports figures who appeared in silent films. Included are 50 biographical essays on former stars, leading players and comedians who until now have been primarily footnotes in film history. The essays relate the early demise of promising players, how some lived lives as tragic as any they portrayed on the screen and how some lived long lives on the fringes of past glory, totally forgotten. Invaluable to film researchers and enthusiasts who want to know what happened to the actors of the silent screen who made shadows an art form.

General

Imprint:	Scarecrow Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1995
First published:	February 1995
Authors:	Billy H. Doyle
Dimensions:	223 x 146 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-8108-2958-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Individual actors & performers Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8108-2958-4
Barcode:	9780810829589

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