Seeing Sarah Bernhardt : Performance and Silent Film /

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"The most famous stage actress of the nineteenth century, Sarah Bernhardt enjoyed a surprising renaissance when the 1912 multi-reel film Queen Elizabeth brought her international acclaim. The triumph capped her already lengthy involvement with cinema while enabling the indefatigable actress to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duckett, Victoria (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bernhardt, Sarah, > 1844-1923.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Drama.
Silent films.
Motion pictures.
Motion picture industry.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Films muets > France > Histoire et critique.
Cinema > Industrie > France > Histoire.
Silent films > France > History and criticism.
Motion picture industry > France > History.
France.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Nullius in verba: acting on silent film
  • Hamlet: a short film, 1900
  • Camille: the ladies of the Camellias
  • Queen Elizabeth: a moving picture, 1912
  • Sarah Bernhardt at home: cinema and the home, circa 1915
  • Mothers of France: World War I, film, and propaganda
  • Conclusion.

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