Forgotten Stars: My Father and the British Silent Film World
- ISBN-10
- 1781960917
- ISBN-13
- 9781781960912
- Category
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07
- Author
- Jonathan Croall
Description
Drawing on a previously unseen family archive, biographer Jonathan Croall explores the rapid rise to film stardom of his father, John Stuart. He also focuses on other 1920s stars and the pressures they faces from fans, the press and Hollywood. He explores the pioneering work of such directors as Hitchcock, Elvey, Asquith and Saville, and describes the impact, often tragic, of the coming of sound on the careers of the stars.
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Other editions
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- 2011
- 341 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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