Silent Film Necrology
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 585
ISBN-13: 9780786410590
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who); Films, cinema; Performing Arts/Dance; Motion picture actors and actr; Film & Video - Reference; Silent films; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Obituaries; Motion picture actors and actresses; Death & Dying; Film & Video - History & Criticism; United States; Biography; History and criticism; Indexes; Motion pictures
Description: "This greatly expanded and updated edition (over 18,500 entries versus 9,000 in the earlier) includes everyone from John Aasen, an 8-foot, 9-inch circus star who appeared in silent film comedies, to Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, who invented the iconoscope and kinescope that together constituted the first all-electronic television system. This is the most complete necrology available on people in the industry during the silent film era.".

"The entries include birth and death dates and places, real name when it differs from the professional name, married name for women, age at death, and information about autobiographies and biographies. When available, the cause of death and birth certificate information are also provided. Following these data, there is a reference, including the headline, to any obituary in The New York Times, Variety or, occasionally, another publication."--BOOK JACKET.