This is the first new book-length study of British cinema of the 1910s to be published for over fifty years, and it focuses on the close relationship between the British film industry and the Edwardian theatre. Why were so many West End legends such as Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Ellen Terry repeatedly tempted to dabble in silent film work? Why were film producers so keen to employ them? Jon Burrows studies their screen performances and considers how successfully they made the transition from one medium to the other, and offers some controversial conclusions about the surprisingly broad social range of filmgoers to whom their films appealed.
- ISBN10 1336101776
- ISBN13 9781336101777
- Publish Date 1 January 2015 (first published 3 January 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Exeter Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 292
- Language English