In a career that spanned 57 years, Dan Mason (1853-1929) went from performing German dialect routines in variety halls to appearing in Broadway musicals to playing character roles in silent films. Along the way he also wrote, produced, directed and starred in his own plays. Best remembered for his role as the irascible "Skipper" in the Toonerville Trolley silent comedies, Mason created dozens of unique and colorful characters on stage and screen.
This first-ever biography of the American comedian explores the roots of his craft and the challenges he faced navigating the rapidly changing world of popular entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Eckhardt has done a superior job of bringing Dan Mason alive both as a person and as an actor, writer, and director. He also brings alive the environment and atmosphere of vaudeville and the stage in the days before electricity was common."-Toonerville Times of Toonerville Collector's Club Newspaper ; "an impressively full-bodied portrait of Mason, the man and the performer." -David C. Tucker Blogspot
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
47 photos, appendices, filmography, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 12 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-8341-6 (9781476683416)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Joseph P. Eckhardt is a retired college professor of history. His previous works include biographies of film pioneer Siegmund Lubin, nineteenth century artist William T. Trego, and Woodstock artists Wilna Hervey and Nan Mason. He lives in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Preface
Part One: Dan Mason on Stage
?1.?The Dutch Boy from Syracuse
?2.?The Trouper
?3.?The Traveling Family Man
?4.?The Two Dans
?5.?Broadway
Part Two: Dan Mason on Screen
?6.?The Pictures
?7.?The Toonerville Trolley
?8.?Plum Center
?9.?Hollywood
10.?"Characters, Comic or Otherwise"
11.?The Idle List
Appendix A. Afterpieces, Plays and Scenarios by Dan Mason
Appendix B. The Crowded Hotel by Dan Mason and Dan Sully
Appendix C. Dan Mason, Raconteur
Filmography
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
