Anthony Slide
Anthony Slide has written and edited more than two hundred books on the history of popular entertainment. He is a pioneer in the documentation of women in silent film, writing the first biography of Lois Weber, editing the memoirs of Alice Guy Blaché, and authoring the first study of women silent film directors. Lillian Gish called him “our preeminent film historian of the silent era.”
Ravished Armenia and the Story of Aurora Mardiganian
A reminder of the pivotal role one woman played in our early apprehension of the Armenian genocide
Beyond Paradise
The Life of Ramon Novarro
A biography of the religious and deeply closeted rival to Rudolph Valentino
Magnificent Obsession
The Outrageous History of Film Buffs, Collectors, Scholars, and Fanatics
- Copyright year: 2018
She Could Be Chaplin!
The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell
The first book-length appreciation of one of the most important comediennes of the silent film era
A Special Relationship
Britain Comes to Hollywood and Hollywood Comes to Britain
An exploration of the extraordinary cultural exchange between two great filmmaking countries
Hollywood Unknowns
A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-Ins
The untold tale of bit players, doubles, Central Casting, and extras in American film
D. W. Griffith
Interviews
Interviews with one of the great early film directors, maestro of The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, and Hearts of the World
- Copyright year: 2012
The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville
Over 500 entries on the cherished and the forgotten from a once popular and influential entertainment form
Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine
A History of Star Makers, Fabricators, and Gossip Mongers
The definitive source for the movie fan magazine and how it espoused hoopla and fashioned stardom