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American silent film comedies : an illustrated encyclopedia of persons, studios, and terminology / by Blair Miller

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Author:
Miller, Blair 1955-  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Encyclopedias
Biography
Encyclopédies
Biographies
Reference works
Place:
United States
États-Unis
USA
Date:
1995
Summary:
This illustrated compilation identifies people, studios, technical companies, and terms associated with silent film comedy from about 1890-1930. More than 300 entries are biographical, including actors, studio and other corporate executives, directors and other technical personnel, inventors, etc. These sketches usually include birth and death dates and a summary of the contributions of the person to the genre; some entries include a photograph, selected filmography, and movie-magazine excerpts. For the more than 100 entries on studios and companies there is a brief history, emphasizing the firm's contribution to the development of silent film comedy. The third category of entries is quite a miscellany, including Blacks in Silent Film Comedies, Edison Kinetogram (a bulletin announcing new Edison films), Keystone Kops, Nickelodeons.
Topic:
Comedy films  Search this
Silent films  Search this
Motion pictures  Search this
Films comiques  Search this
Films muets  Search this
Cinéma  Search this
Biografie  Search this
Filmkomiker  Search this
Filmkomödie  Search this
Stummfilm  Search this
Cinema--Comedy films  Search this
United States  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_471732