Gentlemen to the Rescue

Langue : anglais

Edité par Castle Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1972

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While heroines have been the screen's most popular attraction, that's from the male point of view only - and women outnumber men in the world that makes up the motion picture audience. While men thrilled to the adventures of their "Ladies in Distress," an equal if not larger number of women took a deep breath and settled more comfortably into their seats as the theatre's temperature rose considerably when debonair Ronald Colman, tempestuous Rudolph Valentino, dashing Wallace Reid, and other Gentlemen to the Rescue made their appearance. Author Kalton C. Lahue, a widely praised authority on the saga of the silent movies, has selected thirty representative heroes from the long-gone era of the silents. His favorites range from the great and near-great, like John Gilbert, John Barrymore, Valentino and Doug Fairbanks, to the obscure Elmo Lincoln, Bryant Washburn, and Ben Wilson. Some of the male heart throbs were skilled enough in their craft to encompass the wide variety of demands made by their producers and fans; others disappeared early in an industry where your last picture determined your next leading lady, if any. Mr. Lahue draws a brief biographical sketch of the on - and off screen lives of each of the Gentlemen to the Rescue, recounting triumphs and tragedies of people known to the majority only from a celluloid image, and accompanies each with seldom-seen photographs of the heroes from their best (and worst) roles. In doing so, he has recaptured the flavor of an era that vanished once the movies learned to talk, and has provided a suitable companion volume to his earlier account of the silent screen heroines, Ladies in Distress. The silent screen hero was a figure always in demand, and he required a larger-than-life image. He had to woo and win the leading lady, discover and defeat the forces of evil, while taking care of himself and perhaps even his mother. Some specialized in romance, others in dering-do, but all had one thing in common - they made the hearts of a generation of females beat just a little faster and caused many ladies to glance sideways in the darkened theatres, look at their husbands sitting beside them and wonder why it had to be Vilma Banky, Gloria Swanson or Florence Vidor in the arms of Valentino, Tommy Meighan or Richard Dix. Of course, we know what hubby was thinking, too. Those who were around when the silent screen heroes performed their legendary feats will recall Lahue's chronicle of Grandmother's secret dreams fondly; present-day fans will rediscover a long-gone era of Americana. All will be suitably entertained by the Kings of the Silents known as Gentlemen to the Rescue. All orders shipped protected in a box. This is a large book and will require extra postage.…

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
Gentlemen to the Rescue
Auteur
Kalton C. Lahue
Éditeur
Castle Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Année de publication
1972
État de l'article
New
Jaquette
New
Type de livre
Book
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
Illustrateur
Photographs
Édition
1st Edition.
Impression
1st Printing
Poids de l'article
21 onces
Dimensions
4to - over 9¾? - 12" tall

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