Sarah Bernhardt in the theatre of films and sound recordings
By: David W. Menefee ; foreword by Kevin Brownlow.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923.; Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923 -- Discography.; Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923 -- Career in motion pictures.; Actors -- France -- Biography.
Genres: Discography.; Biography.
Description: "Exhaustive research in every major archive of the world has created this compilation of information and images focusing on Bernhardt's films and twenty early wax-cylinder and disc recordings. Detailed analyses of the motion pictures include plot synopses, casts, production notes, and contemporary reviews. Complete records of Bernhardt's work on stage, in films, and recordings are annotated and indexed."

"The book includes such rare items as dramatic readings by Bernhardt on early wax cylinders and 78rpm (transcribed in the original French and translated into English for the first time), as well as stills from a previously unknown film (depicting the death scene from the 1921 Daniel)."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Biography of Sarah Bernhart; title: pt. 2. Sound recordings; title: pt. 3. Films.