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"You'll like Louis Mayer," Mary Pickford told Charles Foster in 1943. "He is from Canada, too." As Foster was soon to discover, Mayer was not alone: a great many of those who helped shape Hollywood into the movie capital of the world were Canadian. Stardust and Shadows brings together the stories of eighteen Canadians who were celebrities during Hollywood's formative years. Most of those profiled were known to Foster, and stories they told him about Hollywood's early days, enhanced by many years of research and interviews with other living performers and directors from the silent movie era, reveal a never-before-seen look at what the movie industry was really like in those early days. This is Canadian history that has never been told, and many of the startling stories and secrets of Hollywood's past are revealed here for the first time. Celebrities profiled: May Irwin, Al and Charles Christie, Joe and Sam De Grasse, Marie Dressler, Allan Dwan, Florence La Badie, Florence Lawrence, Del Lord, Louis B. Mayer, Sidney Olcott, Jack Pickford, Mary Pickford, Marie Prevost, Mack Sennett, Douglas Shearer, Norma Shearer.
From the Publisher
Frank Shuster's comments from the back jacket:
“It is a wonderful book. I read every word, fascinated to meet again the stars I used to watch in my father's small movie house in Niagara Falls. It's the most interesting book I have ever read on Canadians who were in Hollywood all those years ago.”
Stardust and Shadows
Stardust and Shadows,Charles Foster,Dundurn Press,1550023489,Biography / Autobiography,Film & Video - History & Criticism,General,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance
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