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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Drew, William M.
Titre(s) : The woman who dared [Texte imprimé] : the life and times of Pearl White, queen of the serials / William M. Drew
Publication : Lexington [Kentucky] : The University Press of Kentucky, 2023
Description matérielle : 626 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection : Screen classics
Lien à la collection : Screen classics
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index
"In the early days of motion pictures--before superstars, before studio conglomerates,
before even the advent of sound--there was a woman named Pearl White (1889-1938).
A quintessential beauty of the time, with her perfectly tousled bob and come-hither
stare, White's rise to stardom was swift; her assumption of the title of queen of
American motion picture serials equally deserved. Born the youngest of five children
in a small, rural Missouri farm town, White left high school at only 15, taking on
jobs to help keep her family financially afloat, work that included small parts in
plays for a local stock company. At 18 she began a three-year stage career with the
Trousdale Stock Company, touring on the road and sinking her teeth into leading roles
in productions such as Jane Eyre. As she continued to build her professional repertoire,
White joined the Powers Film Company in New York and made her film debut in 1910.
Her reputation for fearless performances and her penchant for doing her own stunt
work soon set her apart from her female colleagues. It was that same daring attitude
that would put her on the map internationally as an actress. From flying airplanes
to swimming across rapid rivers, to racing cars in serials like The Perils of Pauline
(1914), White was undaunted by the demands of her onscreen career. She would go on
to star in popular serial classics such as The Exploits of Elaine (1915), Pearl of
the Army (1916), The House of Hate (1918), and The Lightning Raider (1919). As active
socially as she was professionally, White would also translate her audacious spirit
outside of her career by playing a part in the early feminist movement. Her projection
of a positive image of bravery on screen served as a model for suffragettes battling
for women's rights in the US. William M. Drew's The Woman Who Dared: The Life and
Times of Pearl White, Queen of the Serials, is the first full-length biography of
this pioneering star. A study in film and female agency, Drew delves into the cultural
impact of Pearl White's work and how it evolved along a concurrent trajectory with
the social upheavals of the Progressive Era"
Sujet(s) : White, Pearl (1889-1938)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.430 28092 (23e éd.) = Cinéma - Jeu et interprétation - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813196831. - ISBN 0813196833. - ISBN 9780813196848 (erroné). - ISBN 9780813196855
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47270908g
Notice n° :
FRBNF47270908
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Prairie Daughter ; The Actress ; On the Road ; The Picture Player ; Movie Star
; The Perils of Pauline ; "Elaine, My Moving Picture Queen" ; The National Heroine
; Love and War ; The House of Hate ; Farewell to Serials ; The Year of Change
; "Travelin' Around" ; Fox's "Marvel of the Screen" ; The Breakup ; The Darling
of Paris ; Farewell to America ; One More Cinematic Adventure ; Back on the Boards
; A Gilded Exile ; "The World's Her Oyster" ; One More Journey ; "The Reel Runs
Back" ; The Aftermath.
