Acting for the silent screen : Film actors and aspiration between the wars /: Film actors and aspiration between the wars. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chris O'Rourke.
• Other Names: Rourke, Chris
• Contents: Author Bio; Endorsement; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; General editor's introduction; Introduction: Winifred Hopcroft's story; The 'craze' for film acting; Film acting and the British silent cinema; Participation and self-improvement; Exploiting ambition; 1 In and out of the studio: The silent film actor in Britain; Acting for a living; Actors in the early cinema; Picture personalities and crowd players; Working conditions; Stage and screen: Clive Brook and Brian Aherne; A 'nice' job for girls: Mabel Poulton and Chili Bouchier 2 Learn to act for the cinema in your own home: Instructional guides to film actingSilent cinema and participation; How to become a film artiste; Stage experience not essential; Screen types; Speech, gesture and movement; The art of facial expression; An imaginary camera in your sitting room; A cheap course of star study; 3 The common round: Finding film work in interwar London; Waiting rooms; Cinema schools; Girls who haunt Filmland; The most troublesome woman in London; Schools for the screen-struck?; 4 Stand forth, Mary Pickford the second! Searching for British stars Fan magazine readers get their chanceNewspaper contests; Cinemagazine beauties; A protégée for Norma Talmadge; Friday night is Amami night; Cinderella of the films: Margaret Leahy; Epilogue: From silence to sound; Notes; Introduction: Winifred Hopcroft's story; 1. In and out of the studio: The silent film actor in Britain; 2. Learn to act for the cinema in your own home: Instructional guides to film acting; 3. The common round: Finding film work in interwar London; 4. Stand forth, Mary Pickford the second! Searching for British stars; Epilogue: From silence to sound; Select filmography
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 791.43028; Silent films; Acting; PERFORMING ARTS / Reference; Acting; Silent films; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786720597; 1786720590
• Related ISBNs: 9781784532796; 1784532797
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.