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The Silent Screen & My Talking Heart: An Autobiography
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Nell Shipman
Autobiography of pioneering silent screen actor, writer, director, editor and producer Nell Shipman. Shipman's films have women heroes assisted by animal actors and are shot on location in wilderness settings, mid-winter unto sunny summer. Many are photographed by Academy Award winning cinematographer Joseph Walker. Her surviving films--all available from the IFC on DVD--a
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Nell Shipman was a fascinating woman. She was a film actress, filmmaker, producer, writer, stunt woman, animal trainer and activist, mother, wife, lover, etc. After having seen her film The Grub-Stake (1923) (the financial ruin of which completely changed her life), I really wanted to read more about Nell Shipman and where else to start but by reading her autobiography?
I'm not going to lie, this is a flawed book. Mostly because Shipman's "talking" style reads more like rambling and she went over ...more
I'm not going to lie, this is a flawed book. Mostly because Shipman's "talking" style reads more like rambling and she went over ...more
Really an invaluable book. Nell's experiences are quite exciting! Definitely a must if you like animals, early cinema, or women's rights.
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Nell Shipman was a Canadian born silent film actress. At a very young age, she acted on stage but it wasn't until she married Ernest Shipman and moved to Hollywood did she start acting in films. Nell Shipman was a talented actress, animal trainer and stunt woman and proved to be perfectly suited for movies filmed in nature. In the early 1920s, she started Lionhead Pictures and moved to Priest Lake
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