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Chargement... She Could Be Chaplin!: The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell (Hollywood Legends Series)par Anthony Slide
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Slim but interesting volume about silent film comedienne Alice Howell. She is compared to Chaplin in her costumes and her slapstick approach to comedy. Since so many of her films are lost, the author works on the ones that are available as well as extensive interviews with her daugher, Yvonne Howell, who later married director George Stevens. George Stevens Jr is also quoted numerous times since Alice Howell was his grandmother. Howell retired from the screen and was very successful in real estate. This was a most interesting look at a silent film comedienne that was previously unknown to me and recommended for anyone interested in film history. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Alice Howell (1886-1961) is slowly gaining recognition and regard as arguably the most important slapstick comedienne of the silent era. This new study, the first book-length appreciation, identifies her place in the comedy hierarchy alongside the best-known of silent comediennes, Mabel Normand. Like Normand, Howell learned her craft with Mack Sennett and Charlie Chaplin. Beginning her screen career in 1914, Howell quickly developed a distinctive style and eccentric attire and mannerisms, successfully hiding her good looks, and was soon identified as the "Female Charlie Chaplin." Howell became a star of comedy shorts in 1915 and continued her career through 1928 and the advent of sound in film. While she is today recognized as a pioneering female filmmaker, during her career she never expressed much interest in her work, seeing it only as a means to an end, with her income carefully invested in real estate. It has taken many years for her to gain her rightful place in film history, not only as a comedienne, but also as matriarch of a prominent American family that includes son-in-law and director George Stevens and grandson George Stevens Jr., founder of the American Film Institute and the Kennedy Center Honors, who provides a foreword. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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