Dan Mason

From Vaudeville to Broadway to the Silent Screen

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de Joseph P. Eckhardt

Type

Biographies

Sujet

Actor > Dan Mason

Mots Clés

Dan Mason, actor, silent cinema

Année d'édition

2021

Editeur

McFarland & Co

Collection

Silent Cinema

Langue

anglais

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Format

Paperback • 203 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-8341-6

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Description de l'ouvrage:
In a career that spanned 57 years, Dan Mason (1853–1929) went from performing German dialect routines in variety halls to appearing in Broadway musicals to playing character roles in silent films. Along the way he also wrote, produced, directed and starred in his own plays. Best remembered for his role as the irascible “Skipper” in the Toonerville Trolley silent comedies, Mason created dozens of unique and colorful characters on stage and screen.

This first-ever biography of the American comedian explores the roots of his craft and the challenges he faced navigating the rapidly changing world of popular entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

À propos de l'auteur :
Joseph P. Eckhardt is a retired college professor of history. His previous works include biographies of film pioneer Siegmund Lubin, nineteenth century artist William T. Trego, and Woodstock artists Wilna Hervey and Nan Mason. He lives in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Revue de Presse:
• "Eckhardt has done a superior job of bringing Dan Mason alive both as a person and as an actor, writer, and director. He also brings alive the environment and atmosphere of vaudeville and the stage in the days before electricity was common."—Toonerville Times of Toonerville Collector’s Club Newspaper

• "An impressively full-bodied portrait of Mason, the man and the performer."—David C. Tucker Blogspot

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