Legitimate Cinema: Theatre Stars in Silent British Films, 1908-1918

by Jon Burrows

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859897257
• ISBN13: 9780859897259
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.6"