- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Epigraph
-
1 Mise-en-Scène -
2 Pittsburgh and North -
3 Mae -
4 East to Eden -
5 Chewing the Scenery -
6 A Lusty, Growing Thing -
7 Great Days -
8 Smashing Things -
9 Desperation -
10 The Lion at Warners -
11 Alone Time -
12 Trial in Error -
13 Xanadu and Vicinity -
14 Going South -
15 Sherman and the Nut -
16 The Middle of the End -
17 Over Her Head -
18 Three on Their Own -
19 Daddy Butch -
20 The Lions at Bay -
21 A Trio of Marriages -
22 The Magnificent Ambersons -
23 Deirdre, Johnny, and Jane -
24 Here Lies the Mick -
25 A Minor Kidnapping -
26 An Old Spanish Custom -
27 Mum Mum - Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
Mise-en-Scène
Mise-en-Scène
- Chapter:
- (p.1) 1 Mise-en-Scène
- Source:
- Film's First Family
- Author(s):
Terry Chester Shulman
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
An introduction to Maurice Costello and the entertainment world as it existed in America at the beginning of the twentiethcentury. As the rise of film brought about the decline of theater, New York became a battleground as the two mediums foughteach other for dominance. Maurice, then a struggling stage actor, waded into this maelstrom of cultural and technological change with afamily to support and a growing dissatisfaction with his profession that would eventually lead him to consider a different option.
Keywords: Maurice Costello, The rise of film, New York, decline of theater, technological change
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Epigraph
-
1 Mise-en-Scène -
2 Pittsburgh and North -
3 Mae -
4 East to Eden -
5 Chewing the Scenery -
6 A Lusty, Growing Thing -
7 Great Days -
8 Smashing Things -
9 Desperation -
10 The Lion at Warners -
11 Alone Time -
12 Trial in Error -
13 Xanadu and Vicinity -
14 Going South -
15 Sherman and the Nut -
16 The Middle of the End -
17 Over Her Head -
18 Three on Their Own -
19 Daddy Butch -
20 The Lions at Bay -
21 A Trio of Marriages -
22 The Magnificent Ambersons -
23 Deirdre, Johnny, and Jane -
24 Here Lies the Mick -
25 A Minor Kidnapping -
26 An Old Spanish Custom -
27 Mum Mum - Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates