TY - BOOK AU - Förster,Annette ED - EYE Film Instituut Nederland, TI - Women in the silent cinema: histories of fame and fate T2 - Framing film / EYE filmmuseum SN - 9789089647191 AV - PN1995 F672 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Amsterdam : PB - Amsterdam University Press, KW - Solser, Adriënne, KW - Musidora. KW - Shipman, Nell, KW - Women in motion pictures KW - Silent films KW - History and criticism KW - Motion picture actors and actresses N1 - HKBU library; YT2025 M08 N2 - "This magisterial book offers comprehensive accounts of the professional itineraries of three women in the silent film in the Netherlands, France and North America. Annette Förster presents a careful assessment of the long career of Dutch stage and film actress Adriënne Solser; an exploration of the stage and screen careers of French actress and filmmaker Musidora and Canadian-born actress and filmmaker Nell Shipman; an analysis of the interaction between the popular stage and the silent cinema from the perspective of women at work in both realms; fresh insights into Dutch stage and screen comedy, the French revue and the American Northwest drama of the 1910s; and much more, all grounded in a wealth of archival research" -- Provided by publisher ER -