{"product_id":"silent-stars-paperback","title":"Silent Stars - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeanine Basinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn eminent film historian illuminates the stars of silent film.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilm scholar Jeanine Basinger offers a revelatory, perceptive, and highly readable look at the greatest silent film stars ? not those few who are fully appreciated and understood, like Chaplin, Keaton, Gish, and Garbo, but those who have been misrepresented, unfairly dismissed, or forgotten. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded are Valentino, \"the Sheik,\" who was hardly the effeminate lounge lizard he's been branded; Mary Pickford, who couldn't have been further from the adorable little creature with golden ringlets that was her film persona; Marion Davies, unfairly pilloried in Citizen Kane; the original \"Phantom\" and \"Hunchback,\" Lon Chaney; the beautiful Talmadge sisters, Norma and Constance. Here are the great divas, Pola Negri and Gloria Swanson; the great flappers, Colleen Moore and Clara Bow; the great cowboys, William S. Hart and Tom Mix; and the great lover, John Gilbert. Basinger also includes the quintessential slapstick comedienne, Mabel Normand, with her Keystone Kops; the quintessential all-American hero, Douglas Fairbanks; and, of course, the quintessential all-American dog, Rin-Tin-Tin.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJEANINE BASINGER is Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies and Curator of Cinema Archives at Wesleyan University. Her many books on film include A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women, 1930 - 1960 (1995), American Cinema (1994), The \"It's a Wonderful Life\" Book (1990), and The World War II Combat Film (1986).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 510\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 9.23 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757835747616,"sku":"9780819564511","price":37.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/78645c36880a0a91f0b28f6135381822.webp?v=1780112952","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/silent-stars-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}