Eloquent gestures : the transformation of performance style in the Griffith Biograph films / Roberta E. Pearson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1992.Description: 1 online resource (x, 184 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520911048
- 0520911040
- 0585299404
- 9780585299402
- Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Biograph Company
- Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948
- Biograph Company
- Silent films -- United States -- History
- Motion picture acting
- Movement (Acting)
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference
- Motion picture acting
- Movement (Acting)
- Silent films
- United States
- Music, Dance, Drama & Film
- Film
- 791.43/0973 20
- PN1995.75 .P43 1992eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.
The theatrical heritage -- The histrionic and verisimilar codes in the Biograph films -- Performance style and the interaction of signifying practices -- D.W. Griffith and the Biograph Company -- Henry B. Walthall -- Trade press discourse.
Print version record.
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