About the Author

Over the past forty-five years, Anthony Slide, Studio City, California, USA has written and edited more than two hundred books on the history of popular entertainment. He is a pioneer in the documentation of women in silent film, writing the first biography of Lois Weber, editing the memoirs of Alice Guy Blaché, and authoring the first study of women silent film directors. Lillian Gish called him ""our preeminent film historian of the silent era."" This is his seventh book published with University Press of Mississippi.

Alice Howell's grandson, George Stevens Jr, is the founder of the American Film Institute and the Kennedy Center Honors.

Reviews

Now Tony Slide is telling the story of Alice Howell, adding a rich new chapter to the history of American motion pictures. Whereas in the past, it was next to impossible to see her screen performances, we hope that as a result of contemporary preservation efforts, and accessibility through new media, her surviving films will be increasingly available to interested fans and film scholars.To me Alice Howell was simply the nice lady who happened to be my grandmother, who lived across the courtyard from us when I was young. Now, in these pages we can come to know her as a talented movie pioneer who lived a fascinating creative life in early Hollywood.--from the foreword by George Stevens Jr.

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