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Tracing the Australasian Asta Nielsen Boom in Trove and Papers Past: a tool for recreating the circulation histories of silent films 追踪澳大拉西亚亚洲的尼尔森繁荣:一个重现默片流通历史的工具

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Early Popular Visual Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058204

Julie K. Allen

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Between stage and screen: female European stars of early feature films in Australasia 舞台与银幕之间:澳大利亚早期故事片中的欧洲女明星

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Early Popular Visual Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058188

Julie K. Allen

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Spezial-Nummer der Asta Nielsen-Zeitung from 11 November 1911

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Early Popular Visual Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058195

Friederike Grimm

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Asta Nielsen, the film star system and the introduction of the long feature film 亚洲尼尔森电影明星制和长片引进

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Early Popular Visual Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2022.2059833

Yvonne Zimmermann

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‘Cinema: Today’s Theatre’ – Images from the 1914 Cologne Rose Monday Parade “电影:今天的剧院”-来自1914年科隆玫瑰星期一游行的图片

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Early Popular Visual Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058197

Friederike Grimm

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Not only divas: special features of films in cinema advertising in Trieste before the First World War 不仅是女主角:第一次世界大战前的里雅斯特电影院广告中的电影特写

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Early Popular Visual Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058191

Martin Loiperdinger

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Asta Nielsen film trade in Great Britain: pioneering the exclusive long feature star series before the First World War 亚洲尼尔森在英国的电影贸易:在第一次世界大战之前开创了独家长片明星系列

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Early Popular Visual Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.2058184

Victor Chavez, Martin Loiperdinger

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The Asta Nielsen brand: advertising long feature star series in German local newspapers, 1911 to 1914 亚洲尼尔森品牌:1911年至1914年在德国地方报纸上的广告长特写明星系列

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Early Popular Visual Culture Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2022.2059834

Friederike Grimm

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Robert Seymour and nineteenth – century print culture: sketches by Seymour and comic illustration 罗伯特·西摩和19世纪的印刷文化:西摩的素描和漫画插图

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Early Popular Visual Culture Pub Date : 2021-06-28 DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.1942566

Jessica A. Thomas

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Special effects and German silent film: techno-romantic cinema 特效与德国默片:科技浪漫电影

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Early Popular Visual Culture Pub Date : 2021-06-21 DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2021.1944516

Will Kitchen

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