Hollywood unknowns [electronic resource] : a history of extras, bit players, and stand-ins / Anthony Slide.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slide, Anthony
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Subjects:
Extras (Actors) > United States.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2012 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2012 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2012 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-ins
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The extra in the early silent years
  • The 1920s
  • The Hollywood studio club
  • Central casting
  • The port of missing girls
  • The coming of sound
  • The stand-in
  • Celebrity extras
  • The silent star as extra
  • Ethnic extras
  • The 1940s, unionization, and beyond
  • "Extras, extras, read all about 'em".