1st Edition

Women in the Silent Cinema Histories of Fame and Fate

By Annette Förster Copyright 2017
560 Pages
by Routledge

560 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
Introduction, Archival and Other Sources, Part I: Adriënne Solser, the Netherlands, Part II: Musidora, Part III: Nell Shipman, Conclusions, Career Overviews

Biography

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