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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Martin F. NordenPublisher: University Press of Mississippi Imprint: University Press of Mississippi Weight: 0.450kg ISBN: 9781496820808ISBN 10: 1496820800 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 30 December 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsA 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 Author InformationMartin 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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