Elinor Glyn as Novelist, Moviemaker, Glamour Icon and Businesswoman

Barnett, Vincent L. (Author). Weedon, Alexis. (Added Author).

Summary: Examining the authorial and cross-media practices of the English novelist Elinor Glyn (1864-1943), Vincent L. Barnett and Alexis Weedon trace Glyn's work as a novelist in the United Kingdom, her success in Hollywood as an adaptor, her relationships with important figures in the Hollywood studio system and her reworking of her stories as plays and movies. Informed by extensive archival work, their book will appeal to historians of film, culture, publishing and business.

Record details

ISBN: 1472421833
ISBN: 9781472421838
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Becoming a writer: Glyn's early British career -- Transatlantic girl: publishing in America -- Hollywood star: negotiating the rights to film adaptations -- Three weeks: novel, play and film -- Contracts in conflict: the royalties received from Glyn's films -- It: novella, film and Clara Bow -- Back to Britain: Glyn in the 1930s.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.