Camera man : Buster Keaton, the dawn of cinema, and the invention of the Twentieth Century
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- ISBN: 9781501134197
- ISBN: 1501134191
- ISBN: 9781501134203
- ISBN: 1501134205
- ISBN: 9781501134210
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Physical Description:
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ix, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Preface: 1895 -- Thrown. They were calling it the Twentieth Century ; "She is a little animal, surely" ; "He's my son, and I'll break his neck any way I want to" ; "The locomotive of juveniles" ; A little hell-raising Huck Finn ; The boy who couldn't be damaged ; "Make me laugh, Keaton" -- Flying. Speed mania in the kingdom of shadows ; Pancakes at Childs ; Comique ; Roscoe ; Brooms ; Mabel at the wheel ; Famous players in famous plays ; Home, made ; Rice, shoes, and real estate ; The shadow stage ; Battle-scarred risibilities ; One for you, one for me ; The "darkie shuffle" -- Falling. The collapsing façade ; Grief slipped in ; Elmer ; The road through the mountain ; Not a drinker, a drunk -- Landing. Old times ; The coming thing in entertainment -- Coda: Eleanor. |
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Homer Public Library | 791.4302 STE (Text) | 000164503 | Nonfiction | Available | - |