TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abel,Richard
TI  - Movie mavens: US newspaper women take on the movies, 1914-1923 
T2  - Women and film history international
SN  - 0252052900
AV  - PN1995.75 .M565 2021
U1  - 791.4301 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - United States
KW  - Reviews
KW  - Press coverage
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Silent films
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Women journalists
KW  - Women and journalism
KW  - fast
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film history with an anthology of reviews, articles, and other works. Drawn from newspapers of the time, the selections show how columnists like Kitty Kelly, Mae Tinee, Louella Parsons, and Genevieve Harris wrote directly to female readers. They also profiled women working in jobs like scenario writer and film editor and noted the industry's willingness to hire women. Sharp wit and frank opinions entertained and informed a wide readership hungry for news about the movies but also about women on both sides of the camera. Abel supplements the texts with hard-to-find biographical information and provides context on the newspapers and silent-era movie industry as well as on the professionals and films highlighted by these writers. An invaluable collection of rare archival sources, Movie Mavens reveals"--
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