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The vaudevillians : a dictionary of vaudeville performers
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Anthony Slide
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Selected Film Criticism
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Provides a cross-section of contemporary American film criticism from 1896-1960. The volumes reprint reviews in their entirety from periodicals such as Photoplay, Film Reports, The Moving Picture World, Variety, and The New York Times. Of immense value for gauging contemporary reaction - both popular and serious - to the best-known films of the ...
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Silent Portraits
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Anthony Slide
...for fans of silent films, this oversize paperback will be better than a Godiva assortment.-- Booklist
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Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995
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Harry Waldman, Anthony Slide
While a few select foreign filmmakers have been widely recognized for their contributions to Hollywood, scores more have gone largely unrecognized. Arranged alphabetically, this volume provides detailed information on the filmmakers and their films.
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The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry
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The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry is a unique reference work, a "what's what" of the history of filmmaking not only in Hollywood but throughout the United States. More than 750 entries document the history of studios, production companies and distributors, and provide complete information on technical innovations, genres, ...
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The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville
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Anthony Slide
For a relatively short period of time, from the mid- to late-1800s, through the early 1930s, vaudeville was an American institution, as important in its day as radio, the motion picture and television. This book provides an encyclopedic guide to vaudeville. Included are entries not only on the performers, but also on individuals active behind the ...
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Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
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From his perspective of having known many of the actors and actresses about whom he writes, silent film historian Anthony Slide creates vivid portraits of the careers and often eccentric lives of 100 players from the American silent film industry. He profiles the era's shining stars such as Lillian Gish and Blanche Sweet; leading men including ...
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de Toth on de Toth: Putting the Drama in Front of the Camera: A Conversation with Anthony Slide
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Andre De Toth, Anthony Slide (Editor)
The Hollywood director Andre de Toth provides an account of his film work. The cast of characters includes his wife, Veronica Lake, as well as stars such as Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Vincent Price and Dick Powell. Among the films discussed are "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Superman".
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Selected Theatre Criticism
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Complete reprints of reviews of New York stage productions for the first half of the 20th century contained in three volumes.
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Great Radio Personalities
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This album chronicles [the radio] era nostalgically and informatively...-- TheNew York Times Book Review
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American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon
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Thomas Dixon has a notorious reputation as the writer of the source material for D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking and controversial 1915 feature film The Birth of a Nation. Perhaps unfairly, Dixon has been branded an archconservative and a racist obsessed with what he viewed as "the Negro problem." As American Racist makes clear, however, Dixon was ...
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They Also Wrote for the Fan Magazines: Film Articles by Literary Giants from e. e. cummings to Eleanor Roosevelt, 1920-1939
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Anthony Slide
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The Picture Dancing on a Screen: Poetry of the Cinema: An Anthology
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Anthony Slide
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The Ultimate Directory of Silent Screen Performers: A Necrology of Births and Deaths and Essays on 50 Lost Players: A Necrology of Births and Deaths and Essays on 50 Lost Players
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Billy H Doyle, Anthony Slide (Editor)
Includes entries for some 7500 deceased actors as well as directors, producers, writers, politicians, and sports figures who appeared in silent films.
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The American Film Industry: A Historical Dictionary
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Anthony Slide
"This authoritative What's What' of the film companies, processes, and organizations that have enabled stars and directors to populate the Who's Who' books belongs beside them in reference collections." Wilson Library Bulletin
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Banned in the U.S.A.: British Films in the United States and Their Censorship, 1933-1966
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Anthony Slide
Making use of the recently-opened files of the US Production Code Administration, this is a study of the way in which British films were censored in the USA between 1933 and 1960. Film by film, it tells the story of the continuing dialogue between the British film-making industry and the American censors, shows how the Production Code system ...
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Eccentrics of Comedy
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Anthony Slide
Examines the lives and careers of twelve entertainers whose comedic styles were distinctly eccentric: Milton Berle, Ed Brendel, Bobby Clark, Phyllis Diller, the Duncan Sisters, Edward Everett Horton, Alice Howell, Franklin Pangborn, Old Mother Riley, Margaret Rutherford, Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, and Ernest Thesiger.
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Collector's Guide to Movie Memorabilia, with Prices
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The films of D.W. Griffith
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Edward Wagenknecht, Anthony Slide
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Nitrate Won't Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States
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Anthony Slide
This study looks at the preservation process, the issue of colourisation, and commercial film archives. It also provides detailed histories of the major players in the preservation battle and the museums.
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Fifty Classic British Films, 1932-1982: A Pictorial Record
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Anthony Slide
200 striking photographs, in-depth commentaries, plot synposes, contemporary reviews, and more -- about 50 British classics from yesterday and today. Preface. Text. Alphabetical list of films. Bibliography.
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Great Radio Personalities in Historic Photographs
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The Griffith actresses
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A Collector's Guide to TV Memorabilia
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Lost Gay Novels
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Searching for an introduction to the shadowy, intriguing world of early 20th century gay-themed fiction? In Lost Gay Novels, respected pop culture historian Anthony Slide resurrects fifty early 20th century American novels with gay themes or characters and discusses them in carefully researched, engaging prose. Each entry offers you a detailed ...
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