Women in the Silent Cinema

Annette Förster is a media historian and film curator specialized in women in film history.

Introduction Archival and Other Sources Part I: Adriënne Solser, the Netherlands Adriënne Solser on the Dutch Popular Stage The Formative Years 1885-1904 The Years of Achievement 1904-1914 The Years of Character Comedy 1914-1920 Adriënne Solser and the Dutch Silent Cinema Interaction Stage and Screen 1896-1930 Dutch Comic Film during the 1920s Adriënne Solser's Production Company 1924-1928 Epilogue Part II: Musidora, France Musidora on the French Popular Stage Jeanne Rocques becoming Musidora 1906-1912 Musidora in Music-hall and the Parisian Revue 1912-1914 Musidora and the French Silent Cinema Musidora as an Actress at Gaumont 1914-1916 Musidora as an Actress 1916-1918 Musidora Writing, Directing, Acting, and Producing Films 1919-1924 Epilogue Part III: Nell Shipman, North America Nell Shipman on the American Popular Stage Nell Shipman's Stage Career 1907-1911 Nell Shipman and the American Silent Cinema Nell Shipman as a Scenarist 1912-1917 Nell Shipman Acting for the Camera 1915-1918 The Shipman-Curwood Film Producing Company 1918-1920 Nell Shipman Writing, Directing, Acting in, and Producing Films 1920-1925 Epilogue Conclusions Career Overviews