Scott Lord on Silent Film

Scott Lord on Silent Film
Gendered spectatorship notwithstanding, in a way, the girl coming down the stairs is symbolic of the lost film itself, the unattainable She, idealized beauty antiquated (albeit it being the beginning of Modernism), with the film detective catching a glimpse of the extratextural discourse of periodicals and publicity stills concerning Lost Films, Found Magazines

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Scott Lord Silent Film: Mary Pickford in The Poor Little Rich Girl (Tour...


In his volume Eighty Years of CInema, author Peter Cowie describes the film "Poor Little Rich Girl" as "the fey beauty of Mary Pickford at its most beguiling." Directed by Maurice Tourneur from a photoplay written by Frances Marion, the film stars Mary Pickford with actresses Gladys Fairbanks, Madlaine Traverse and Maxine Eliot Hicks.

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