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Barton provides new insights into Ingram's talent and his artistic shortcomings, his drive and his ambivalence, offering astute discussions of his important films and their critical reception. At the end, Ingram remains a fascinating figure because Barton does not try and resolve all of the director's paradoxes. Instead, she lets Ingram's life and work stand for themselves. Rex Ingram is a very significant work that keeps Ingram's legacy alive and provides inspiration for new scholars of his work. -- Thomas J. Slater, Professor of English (Film Studies), Indiana University of Pennsylvania

But Ruth Barton's Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen is more level-headed than a Hollywood biopic. This is a scrupulous book: passionate about the work, dismissive of speculation. -- Sight & Sound

[An] exquisitely illustrated study of one the great visual film artists of the early 20th century... -- CHOICE

Barton provides new insights into Ingram's talent and his artistic shortcomings, his drive and his ambivalence, offering astute discussions of his important films and their critical reception. At the end, Ingram remains a fascinating figure because Barton does not try and resolve all of the director's paradoxes. Instead, she lets Ingram's life and work stand for themselves. Rex Ingram is a very significant work that keeps Ingram's legacy alive and provides inspiration for new scholars of his work. -- Thomas J. Slater, Professor of English (Film Studies), Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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Ruth Barton is associate professor of history at the University of Auckland.

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