Lois Weber: Interviews

Author:   Martin F. Norden
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
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9781628464740


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   28 February 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Martin F. Norden
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
Imprint:   University Press of Mississippi
Weight:   0.569kg
ISBN:  

9781628464740


ISBN 10:   1628464747
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   28 February 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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A remarkable new book . . . which features a diverse and peculiar batch of texts [and] offers crucial biographical elements--a detailed chronology of her life and also a filmography.--Richard Brody The New Yorker A vital collection of interviews, collated for the first time, about one of the greatest artists of early cinema. It's fascinating and a revelation to read about Weber.--Ben Keightley Women with a Movie Camera: A Celebration of Female Filmmakers Norden's book offers us an insight into the world of Lois Weber and her career in the film industry over the course of twenty years. . . . It is an extremely well researched and timely book, given the recent interest in early and silent cinema and in particular the current interest in female workers in the film industry at this time, who had perhaps, been overlooked in the annals of film history previously.--Veronica Johnson, National University of Ireland, Galway Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 40, No. 4 Norden has collected a lengthy series of interviews with Weber from early-twentieth-century publications, including major California newspapers such as The Los Angeles Times, as well as her speeches and some of her own writing, to put her accomplishments back in perspective.--Steve Pfarrer Daily Hampshire Gazette


Norden's book offers us an insight into the world of Lois Weber and her career in the film industry over the course of twenty years. . . . It is an extremely well researched and timely book, given the recent interest in early and silent cinema and in particular the current interest in female workers in the film industry at this time, who had perhaps, been overlooked in the annals of film history previously.--Veronica Johnson, National University of Ireland, Galway Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 40, No. 4 A remarkable new book . . . which features a diverse and peculiar batch of texts [and] offers crucial biographical elements--a detailed chronology of her life and also a filmography.--Richard Brody The New Yorker A vital collection of interviews, collated for the first time, about one of the greatest artists of early cinema. It's fascinating and a revelation to read about Weber.--Ben Keightley Women with a Movie Camera: A Celebration of Female Filmmakers Norden has collected a lengthy series of interviews with Weber from early-twentieth-century publications, including major California newspapers such as The Los Angeles Times, as well as her speeches and some of her own writing, to put her accomplishments back in perspective.--Steve Pfarrer Daily Hampshire Gazette


A remarkable new book . . . which features a diverse and peculiar batch of texts.--Richard Brody The New Yorker


A remarkable new book . . . which features a diverse and peculiar batch of texts [and] offers crucial biographical elements--a detailed chronology of her life and also a filmography.--Richard Brody The New Yorker Norden has collected a lengthy series of interviews with Weber from early-twentieth-century publications, including major California newspapers such as The Los Angeles Times, as well as her speeches and some of her own writing, to put her accomplishments back in perspective.--Steve Pfarrer Daily Hampshire Gazette A vital collection of interviews, collated for the first time, about one of the greatest artists of early cinema. It's fascinating and a revelation to read about Weber.--Ben Keightley Women with a Movie Camera: A Celebration of Female Filmmakers


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Martin F. Norden, Amherst, Massachusetts, teaches film history and screenwriting as professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has more than one hundred publications to his credit and has presented his film research at dozens of professional conferences across North America and Europe. He served as a consultant on the documentary films CinemAbility and Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché.

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