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Silent players

Anthony Slide
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"Filled with little known facts and personal remembrances of the stars of the silent screen, Silent Players profiles the lives and careers of the hundred best, brightest, or most unusual silent film actors and actresses. Anthony Slide shows that the unlikely plot twists in many silent films are nothing compared to the strange and often sad lives led by many of the men and women whose images flickered onscreen.". "His subjects include shining stars Lillian Gish and Blanche Sweet, leading men William Bakewell and Robert Harron, gifted leading ladies Laura La Plante and Alice Terry, ingenues…

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2010
    The University Press of Kentucky · 464 pages · 9780813127088
  • Other · English · 2010
    University Press of Kentucky · 464 pages · 9780813137452
  • Other · English · 2002
    University Press of Kentucky · 439 pages · 9780813122496
Silent filmsHistory and criticismDictionariesBiographyMotion picture actors and actresses