Movie Mavens: Us Newspaper Women Take on the Movies, 1914-1923

by Richard Abel

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025208604X
• ISBN13: 9780252086045
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"