The Bible on silent film: spectacle, story and scripture in the early cinema
"Between the advent of motion pictures in the 1890s and the close of the 'silent' era at the end of the 1920s, many of the longest, most expensive and most watched films on both sides of the Atlantic drew upon biblical traditions. David J. Shepherd traces the evolution of the biblical...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Between the advent of motion pictures in the 1890s and the close of the 'silent' era at the end of the 1920s, many of the longest, most expensive and most watched films on both sides of the Atlantic drew upon biblical traditions. David J. Shepherd traces the evolution of the biblical film through the silent era, asking why the Bible attracted early film makers, how biblical films were indebted to other interpretive traditions, and how these films were received. Drawing upon rarely seen archival footage and early landmark films of directors such as Louis Feuillade, D.W. Griffith, Michael Curtis and Cecil B. DeMille, this history treats well-known biblical subjects including Joseph, Moses, David and Jesus, along with lesser-known biblical stars such as Jael, Judith and Jephthah's daughter. This book will be of great interest to students of Biblical studies, Jewish studies and film studies"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. 'Like one of the prophets of old': passions and cameos; 2. 'See this great sight': spectacle and miracle; 3. 'That my wonders may be multiplied': Blackton and elaboration; 4. 'How are the mighty fallen': Feuillade and tragedy; 5. 'All the country wept aloud': Andre;ani and melodrama; 6. 'The top of it reached to heaven' -- Griffith, analogy and scale; 7. 'She came close to his bed' -- vamps and other leading ladies; 8. 'But Pharaoh hardened his heart': Exodus and Egypt; 9. 'The end of these wonders?': The triumph of spectacle; Afterword |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 320 S. 24 cm |
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| adam_text | THE BIBLE ON SILENT FILM
Spectacle, Story and Scripture in the Early Cinema
DAVID J SHEPHERD
HI CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
List of figures Page v
Acknowledgements x
List of abbreviations xii
Introduction i
1 Like one of the prophets of old : passions and cameos n
2 See this great sight : spectacle and miracle 35
3 That my wonders may be multiplied : Blackton and
elaboration 61
4 How are the mighty fallen : Feuillade and tragedy 95
5 All the country wept aloud : Andreani and melodrama 123
6 The top of it reached to heaven : Griffith, analogy and scale 157
7 She came close to his bed : vamps and other leading ladies 197
8 But Pharaoh hardened his heart : Exodus and Egypt 227
9 The end of these wonders? : the triumph of spectacle 259
Afterword 291
Filmography 295
Bibliography 300
Scripture index 311
General index 313
v
DAVID
J. SHEPHERD IS SENIOR
LECTURER
IN THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
THEOLOGY
AND
RELIGIOUS
STUDIES AT THE
UNIVERSITY
OF CHESTER. HE IS THE
EDITOR
OF
IMAGES
OF THE
WORD: HOLLYWOOD S BIBLE AND BEYOND
(2008).
BETWEEN THE ADVENT OF
MOTION
PICTURES
IN
THE
1890S
AND THE
CLOSE
OF THE SILENT ERA AT THE END OF THE
1920S,
MANY OF THE LONGEST, MOST
EXPENSIVE
AND MOST WATCHED
FILMS
ON BOTH
SIDES
OF THE
ATLANTIC
DREW
UPON BIBLICAL TRADITIONS.
DAVID
J. SHEPHERD
TRACES
THE
EVOLUTION
OF THE
BIBLICAL
FILM
THROUGH
THE SILENT ERA, ASKING
WHY
THE
BIBLE ATTRACTED EARLY FILMMAKERS,
HOW
BIBLICAL
FILMS
WERE INDEBTED
TO
OTHER
INTERPRETIVE
TRADITIONS,
AND
HOW
THESE
FILMS
WERE RECEIVED.
DRAWING
UPON
RARELY
SEEN
ARCHIVAL
FOOTAGE AND EARLY
LANDMARK
FILMS
OF DIRECTORS SUCH
AS
LOUIS FEUILLADE,
D. W. GRIFFITH,
MICHAEL
CURTIZ
AND CECIL B.
DEMILLE,
THIS
HISTORY
TREATS
WELL-
KNOWN
BIBLICAL
STARS
INCLUDING
JOSEPH,
MOSES,
DAVID
AND
JESUS,
ALONG
WITH
LESSER-KNOWN
BIBLICAL
SUBJECTS
SUCH
AS JAEL,
JUDITH AND
JEPHTHAH S
DAUGHTER. THIS BOOK
WILL
BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO STUDENTS
OF
BIBLICAL
STUDIES,
JEWISH
STUDIES AND
FILM
STUDIES.
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