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Malcolm St. Clair
Ruth Anne Dwyer
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Description for Malcolm St. Clair
Hardback. Malcolm St. Clair was a master director of sophisticated silent comedy. This book traces his career, beginning with his start as a Mack Sennett Keystone Kop. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Malcolm St. Clair was a master director of sophisticated silent comedy. This book traces his career, from his start as a Mack Sennett Keystone Kop, through the action-adventures of the early 1920s, his work with Buster Keaton, the grand and elegant sophisticated comedies for Paramount in the '20s (Are Parents People?, The Grand Duchess and the Waiter, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and The Canary Murder Case), his transition to sound films, and the comedies for 20th Century-Fox. Includes a 16 page photo insert.
Malcolm St. Clair was a master director of sophisticated silent comedy. This book traces his career, from his start as a Mack Sennett Keystone Kop, through the action-adventures of the early 1920s, his work with Buster Keaton, the grand and elegant sophisticated comedies for Paramount in the '20s (Are Parents People?, The Grand Duchess and the Waiter, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and The Canary Murder Case), his transition to sound films, and the comedies for 20th Century-Fox. Includes a 16 page photo insert.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810827097
SKU
V9780810827097
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Ref
99-15
About Ruth Anne Dwyer
Ruth Dwyer (Ph.D., film studies/drama, University of Toronto) has taught film studies at McMaster University in Hamilton ON, but is now a full-time writer and filmmaker, writing and producing educational videos for children about art and architecture.
Reviews for Malcolm St. Clair
Dwyer...has done a fine job of researching this first study of St. Clair, interviewing his colleagues and studying his surviving film.
American Cinematographer
The book is invaluable to researchers not only for a well-documented account of a "secondary" Hollywood figure...but also for insights into the people with whom he worked and the studio goings-on therein.
The Silent ... Read more
American Cinematographer
The book is invaluable to researchers not only for a well-documented account of a "secondary" Hollywood figure...but also for insights into the people with whom he worked and the studio goings-on therein.
The Silent ... Read more