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Description for Rex Ingram
Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex Ingram (1893−1950) is ranked alongside D. W. Griffith, Marshall Neilan, and Erich von Stroheim as one of the greatest artists of the silent cinema. Ingram briefly studied sculpture at the Yale University School of Art after emigrating from Ireland to the United States in 1911; but he was soon seduced by the new medium of moving pictures and abandoned his studies for a series of jobs in the film industry. Over the next decade, he became one of the most popular directors in Hollywood, directing smash hits such as ... Read more
Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex Ingram (1893−1950) is ranked alongside D. W. Griffith, Marshall Neilan, and Erich von Stroheim as one of the greatest artists of the silent cinema. Ingram briefly studied sculpture at the Yale University School of Art after emigrating from Ireland to the United States in 1911; but he was soon seduced by the new medium of moving pictures and abandoned his studies for a series of jobs in the film industry. Over the next decade, he became one of the most popular directors in Hollywood, directing smash hits such as ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Screen Classics
Number of Pages
328
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813147093
SKU
V9780813147093
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About Ruth Barton
Ruth Barton is associate professor of history at the University of Auckland.
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