Talking to the Piano Player

Talking to the Piano Player

Talking to the Piano Player

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Book Description
From the prolific fingers of master silent movie pianist Stuart Oderman comes a collection of rare interviews with some of the most important people of a bygone film era:

Marlene Dietrich, Frank Capra, Colleen Moore, Jackie Coogan, Madge Bellamy, Aileen Pringle, Allan Dwan, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Anita Loos, Anita Garvin, Leatriee Joy, Dorothy Davenport (Mrs. Wallace) Reid, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ann Pennington, Claire Windsor, Betty Bronson, Billie Rhodes, Minta Durfee, Jerry Devine, Lois Wilson and Constance Talmadge.

Includes photographs taken at the time of their interviews. All photos and many of these interviews have never been seen before outside of this collection.

About the Author
Stuart Oderman, author of five plays produced in New York City, is best known since 1959 as a pianist accompanying silent films. He has published numerous articles chronicling the artists who were important to the silent era. He turned his knowledge and expertise into two acclaimed books: Lillian Gish: A Life on Stage and Screen (2000) and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (1994).

Talking to the Piano Player,Stuart Oderman,BearManor Media,1593930135,Biography / Autobiography,Cinema/Film: Book,Entertainment & Performing Arts - Movie Directors,Film & Video - General,General,Interviews,Motion picture actors and actr,Motion picture actors and actresses,Motion picture producers and d,Motion picture producers and directors,Performing Arts,Screenwriters,United States

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