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This book ranks the top 100 silent film stars based on a scale that considers creativity, originality, chemistry with fellow performers, and other factors. The author also promotes some lesser-known performers, singles out each artist's best works, and identifies key films available on DVD.
Sommario
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Arrangement of Entries
Scorecard
The First Rank:
1. Charlie Chaplin
2. Buster Keaton
3. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
4. Charley Chase
5. Harold Lloyd
6. Harry Langdon
7. Mabel Normand
8. Roscoe Arbuckle
9. Douglas Fairbanks
10. Raymond Griffith
The Second Rank:
11. Sidney Drew
12. Phyllis Haver
13. Our Gang
14. Jobyna Ralston
15. Anita Garvin
16. Bebe Daniels
17. Ton of Fun
18. Max Linder
19. Ford Sterling
20. Max Davidson
21. Lupino Lane
22. Larry Semon
23. Edgar Kennedy
24. Mack Swain
25. Fay Tincher
26. Supporting ladies and gents
27. Gale Henry
28. Mae Busch
29. Ben Turpin
30. Charley Bowers
31. Lloyd Hamilton
32. Louise Fazenda
33. John Bunny
34. Harry Gribbon
35. Vernon Dent
36. Hank Mann
37. Alice Howell
38. Polly Moran
39. Jack Duffy
40. Charlie Murray
41. Jimmy Finlayson
The Third Rank:
42. Harry McCoy
43. Alice Ardell
44. Wallace Beery
45. Monty Banks
46. Chester Conklin
47. Bobby Vernon
48. Paul Parrott
49. Snub Pollard
50. Marie Prevost
51. Sydney Chaplin
52. Al St. John
53. Dorothy Dwan
54. Victor Moore
55. Joe Rock
56. Madeline Hurlock
57. Billy Bevan
58. Dorothy Devore
59. Minta Durfee
60. Alice Day
61. Slim Summerville
62. Andy Clyde
63. Glenn Tryon
The Fourth Rank:
64. Fred Mace
65. Billy Dooley
66. Billy Quirk
67. Johnny Hines
68. Victor Potel
69. Monty Collins
70. Augustus Carney
71. Bud Jamison
72. Phil Dunham
73. Clyde Cook
74. Bud Duncan
75. Mack Sennett
76. Lee Moran and Eddie Lyons
77. Lige Conley
78. Tom Kennedy
79. Jimmy Aubrey
80. Neal Burns
81. Billy Franey
82. Glen Cavender
83. Douglas MacLean
84. Max Asher
85. Bobby Ray
86. Billy Engle
87. Sid Smith
88. Billy Bletcher
89. Walter Hiers
90. Paddy McGuire
91. Jack Cooper
92. Billy West
93. Eddie Boland
94. Flora Finch
95. Milburn Morante
96. Billie Ritchie
97. Earl Mohan
98. Billy Reeves
99. Hughie Mack
100. Cliff Bowes
Appendix: Also-Rans, Missed the Cut, Left No Surviving Legacy, Or Otherwise Were Not Included in the Top 100
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Info autore
By James Roots
Riassunto
This book ranks the top 100 silent film stars based on a scale that considers creativity, originality, chemistry with fellow performers, and other factors. The author also promotes some lesser-known performers, singles out each artist’s best works, and identifies key films available on DVD.
