{"product_id":"silent-stars-9780819564511","title":"Silent Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn eminent film historian illuminates the stars of silent film.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilm scholar Jeanine Basinger offers a revelatory, perceptive, and highly readable look at the greatest silent film stars ? not those few who are fully appreciated and understood, like Chaplin, Keaton, Gish, and Garbo, but those who have been misrepresented, unfairly dismissed, or forgotten. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded are Valentino, \"the Sheik,\" who was hardly the effeminate lounge lizard he's been branded; Mary Pickford, who couldn't have been further from the adorable little creature with golden ringlets that was her film persona; Marion Davies, unfairly pilloried in Citizen Kane; the original \"Phantom\" and \"Hunchback,\" Lon Chaney; the beautiful Talmadge sisters, Norma and Constance. Here are the great divas, Pola Negri and Gloria Swanson; the great flappers, Colleen Moore and Clara Bow; the great cowboys, William S. Hart and Tom Mix; and the great lover, John Gilbert. Basinger also includes the quintessential slapstick comedienne, Mabel Normand, with her Keystone Kops; the quintessential all-American hero, Douglas Fairbanks; and, of course, the quintessential all-American dog, Rin-Tin-Tin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819564511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 7.00w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2000 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 58 - Outstanding\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jeanine Basinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924934365365,"sku":"9780819564511","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6306651c-a0da-491f-890f-ae0fde4a24c7.jpg?v=1687841686","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/silent-stars-9780819564511","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}