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 Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:02 pm
As I mentioned on the intro thread, I'm not just a silent film fan, I'm a film student. That being the case, I wonder, do any of you read books on the silent era? (Autobiographies, biographies, histories, filmographies, etc) And if so, what are your favorites?
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:36 am
I really loved Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. Her life was so horribly tragic. I still maintain that anyone who doesn't cry at least once during that book isn't human!
I also enjoyed Vamp about the life of Theda Bara. Complicated Women: Sex And Power In Pre-Code Hollywood was really great too.
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:01 am
Ohhh, I don't know if I could read biographies :{ - I like to keep the illusion, you know? And I'm not so naturally curious. Plus I like a story too much, something sensationalist - less of the teary, true-life stuff.
I could go for some non-fiction that was less of a biography though. Give myself some technical knowledge (of which I have none : P) and more films to add to the must see list. . . also I like looking at the pictures. Does that make me sound very simple?
I assume.
Oh and on that note (but sort of veering from the point)! I do have some photoplays razz . I know there not the kind of books you had in mind but -. Oh, lol. Love 'em. My copy of Captain Blood has photo pages from the 1924 film and my copy of The Teeth Of The Tiger (Arsene Lupin book) has them from the 1919 film.
Film studies sounds like it'd be a bit legend : O - but I've never done anything like that before. If I get my grades I'm going to carry on with politics in uni. It's interesting and understandable.
HOW.I.GO.ON!
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:12 pm
The Eyebright Bugler I really loved Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. Her life was so horribly tragic. I still maintain that anyone who doesn't cry at least once during that book isn't human! I also enjoyed Vamp about the life of Theda Bara. Complicated Women: Sex And Power In Pre-Code Hollywood was really great too. I read Clara's book last year, and it is indeed a sad and tragic one! I was so shocked by her mother, who came flying at her with a knife. Plus the fact that despite being at the top, she was shunned by Hollywood, including Joan Crawford herself who wasn't at all little miss puritan. And that's the last one I read, too. EDIT: Actually, I was midway through the Great Gasby, but I left it at home before moving in over the summer, so I never got around to finishing it.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:16 pm
KimberleyJane Ohhh, I don't know if I could read biographies :{ - I like to keep the illusion, you know? And I'm not so naturally curious. Plus I like a story too much, something sensationalist - less of the teary, true-life stuff.
I could go for some non-fiction that was less of a biography though. Give myself some technical knowledge (of which I have none : P) and more films to add to the must see list. . . also I like looking at the pictures. Does that make me sound very simple?
I assume.
Oh and on that note (but sort of veering from the point)! I do have some photoplays razz . I know there not the kind of books you had in mind but -. Oh, lol. Love 'em. My copy of Captain Blood has photo pages from the 1924 film and my copy of The Teeth Of The Tiger (Arsene Lupin book) has them from the 1919 film.
Film studies sounds like it'd be a bit legend : O - but I've never done anything like that before. If I get my grades I'm going to carry on with politics in uni. It's interesting and understandable.
HOW.I.GO.ON! If I can figure out how NOT to spend 60 thousand dollars for school, I'd go ahead with doing film history. I'd die to work in a film museum. I'm currently planning on doing an exchange program so I can go to California in the spring time, and hopefully take at least one film class, since my university offers next to none. Although I am taking one this semester, and I'm crossing my fingers that it turns out rather well. D:
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:27 pm
Eglantine Price KimberleyJane Ohhh, I don't know if I could read biographies :{ - I like to keep the illusion, you know? And I'm not so naturally curious. Plus I like a story too much, something sensationalist - less of the teary, true-life stuff.
I could go for some non-fiction that was less of a biography though. Give myself some technical knowledge (of which I have none : P) and more films to add to the must see list. . . also I like looking at the pictures. Does that make me sound very simple?
I assume.
Oh and on that note (but sort of veering from the point)! I do have some photoplays razz . I know there not the kind of books you had in mind but -. Oh, lol. Love 'em. My copy of Captain Blood has photo pages from the 1924 film and my copy of The Teeth Of The Tiger (Arsene Lupin book) has them from the 1919 film.
Film studies sounds like it'd be a bit legend : O - but I've never done anything like that before. If I get my grades I'm going to carry on with politics in uni. It's interesting and understandable.
HOW.I.GO.ON! If I can figure out how NOT to spend 60 thousand dollars for school, I'd go ahead with doing film history. I'd die to work in a film museum. I'm currently planning on doing an exchange program so I can go to California in the spring time, and hopefully take at least one film class, since my university offers next to none. Although I am taking one this semester, and I'm crossing my fingers that it turns out rather well. D:
1. LOVE your sn; Bedknobs and Broomsticks is one of my favorite Disney movies.
2. Where in CA are you going to be studying? I'm from CA and did my undergrad at San Francisco State University, which offers degrees in Cinema Production, Cinema Studies, and Animation.
3. If you want to work in a film museum, you may want to consider looking into moving image archiving programs. There aren't any for undergrad, BUT there are several graduate level programs, many of which are Masters programs.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:30 pm
KimberleyJane Ohhh, I don't know if I could read biographies :{ - I like to keep the illusion, you know? And I'm not so naturally curious. Plus I like a story too much, something sensationalist - less of the teary, true-life stuff.
I could go for some non-fiction that was less of a biography though. Give myself some technical knowledge (of which I have none : P) and more films to add to the must see list. . . also I like looking at the pictures. Does that make me sound very simple?
I assume.
Oh and on that note (but sort of veering from the point)! I do have some photoplays razz . I know there not the kind of books you had in mind but -. Oh, lol. Love 'em. My copy of Captain Blood has photo pages from the 1924 film and my copy of The Teeth Of The Tiger (Arsene Lupin book) has them from the 1919 film.
Film studies sounds like it'd be a bit legend : O - but I've never done anything like that before. If I get my grades I'm going to carry on with politics in uni. It's interesting and understandable.
HOW.I.GO.ON!
WOW, such an edition of Captain Blood exists? That's so rad! Where'd you get such a treasure?
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