Silent film stars on the stages of Seattle
Subtitle: a history of performances by Hollywood notables
By: Eric L. Flom.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780786439089
Subjects: Theater -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History; Vaudeville -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History; Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States; Silent films -- United States -- History and criticism
Description: "This book chronicles the Seattle stage engagements of over 30 silent film personalities, the majority of whom played the city prior to their major motion picture debuts. Three appendices provide a list of Seattle engagements, a list of Clara Kimball Young's performances, and a list of individuals listed in the Player Index of the J. Willis Sayre Collection"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Way out West: Seattle's theatrical history; title: A race across the continent: the roadshow engagements of Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Mary Miles Minter, William S. Hart, Douglas Fairbanks and Lon Chaney; title: Roads of destiny: the roadshow engagements of Theda Bara, Marguerite Clark, Marshal Neilan, D.W. Griffith, Thomas Ince and Cecil B. DeMille; title: All the comforts of home: the extended engagements of John Bunny, Roscoe Arbuckle and Tom Mix; title: Laugh, town, laugh: the Vaudeville engagements of Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Harry Langdon, Francis X. Bushman and Nell Shipman; title: A matinee idol: the promotional appearances of William S. Hart; title: Nell Shipman, Rudolph Valentino, and the screen ball of 1919; title: Best foot forward: the sound era engagements of Roscoe Arbuckle, Tom Mix, Harry Langdon, Norma Talmadge, Blanche Sweet, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Ben Turpin and J. Stuart Blackton; title: The last word.