ISBN: 9780252052903

During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film… More...

During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film history with an anthology of reviews, articles, and other works. Drawn from newspapers of the time, the selections show how columnists like Kitty Kelly, Mae Tinee, Louella Parsons, and Genevieve Harris wrote directly to female readers. They also profiled women working in jobs like scenario writer and film editor and noted the industry's willingness to hire women. Sharp wit and frank opinions entertained and informed a wide readership hungry for news about the movies but also about women on both sides of the camera. Abel supplements the texts with hard-to-find biographical information and provides context on the newspapers and silent-era movie industry as well as on the professionals and films highlighted by these writers.An invaluable collection of rare archival sources, Movie Mavens reveals women's essential contribution to the creation of American film culture. US Newspaper Women Take On the Movies, 1914-1923 University of Illinois Press Performing Arts women editors, women columnists, writing styles, movie pages, film reviews, women scriptwriters, women filmmakers, movie actors/actresses, movie studios, movie theaters, movie music, movie fans, women readers, newspapers, microfilm sources, online digital sources, black newspapers, trade press, World War I, German film imports, Chicago 9780252086045 DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Media & Performing Arts, University of Illinois Press<

2021, ISBN: 9780252052903

US Newspaper Women Take On the Movies, 1914-1923, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone'… More...

US Newspaper Women Take On the Movies, 1914-1923, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film history with an anthology of reviews, articles, and other works. Drawn from newspapers of the time, the selections show how columnists like Kitty Kelly, Mae Tinee, Louella Parsons, and Genevieve Harris wrote directly to female readers. They also profiled women working in jobs like scenario writer and film editor and noted the industry's willingness to hire women. Sharp wit and frank opinions entertained and informed a wide readership hungry for news about the movies but also about women on both sides of the camera. Abel supplements the texts with hard-to-find biographical information and provides context on the newspapers and silent-era movie industry as well as on the professionals and films highlighted by these writers.&nbsp;An invaluable collection of rare archival sources, Movie Mavens reveals women's essential contribution to the creation of American film culture. [PU: University of Illinois Press], Seiten: 272, University of Illinois Press, 2021<

ISBN: 9780252052903

During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film… More...

During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film history with an anthology of reviews, articles, and other works. Drawn from newspapers of the time, the selections show how columnists like Kitty Kelly, Mae Tinee, Louella Parsons, and Genevieve Harris wrote directly to female readers. They also profiled women working in jobs like scenario writer and film editor and noted the industry's willingness to hire women. Sharp wit and frank opinions entertained and informed a wide readership hungry for news about the movies but also about women on both sides of the camera. Abel supplements the texts with hard-to-find biographical information and provides context on the newspapers and silent-era movie industry as well as on the professionals and films highlighted by these writers. An invaluable collection of rare archival sources, Movie Mavens reveals women's essential contribution to the creation of American film culture.; EPUB; Art & Photography, University of Illinois Press<

ISBN: 9780252052903

During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film… More...

During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film history with an anthology of reviews, articles, and other works. Drawn from newspapers of the time, the selections show how columnists like Kitty Kelly, Mae Tinee, Louella Parsons, and Genevieve Harris wrote directly to female readers. They also profiled women working in jobs like scenario writer and film editor and noted the industry's willingness to hire women. Sharp wit and frank opinions entertained and informed a wide readership hungry for news about the movies but also about women on both sides of the camera. Abel supplements the texts with hard-to-find biographical information and provides context on the newspapers and silent-era movie industry as well as on the professionals and films highlighted by these writers., University of Illinois Press<

2021, ISBN: 9780252052903

US Newspaper Women Take On the Movies, 1914-1923, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: University of Illinois Press], University of Illinois Press, 2021