An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films
Subtitle: 1895-1930
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: January 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 623
ISBN-13: 9780789018427
Subjects: Films, cinema; Women's studies; Performing Arts; Entertainment & Performing Arts - Actors & Actresses; Cinema/Film: Book; United States; Biography / Autobiography; Motion picture actors and actresses; USA; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Reference; Women motion picture producers and directors; Encyclopedias; Film & Video - Reference; Actresses; Biography; Dictionaries; Motion picture actors and actr
First sentence: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a nonprofit organization established to "improve the artistic quality of the film medium, provide a common forum for the various branches and crafts of the industry, foster cooperation in technical research and cultural progress."
Description: "An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930 is an A-to-Z reference guide (illustrated with over 150 hard-to-find photographs) that dispels the myth that men dominated the film industry during its formative years. Denise Lowe, author of Women and American Television: An Encyclopedia, presents a collection that profiles many of the women who were crucial to the development of cinema as an industry - and as an art form. Whether working behind the scenes as producers or publicists, behind the cameras as writers, directors, or editors, or in front of the lens as flappers, vamps, or serial queens, hundreds of women made profound and lasting contributions to the evolution of the motion picture production."--Jacket.