Publisher's Synopsis
Basinger (Wesleyan University) overviews the careers of silent film stars who have been misperceived, dismissed, or forgotten. The stars discussed are Mary Pickford, Mabel Normand, Douglas Fairbanks, Norma and Constance Talmadge, William Hart, Tom Mix, Gloria Swanson, Pola Negri, Valentino, Marion Davies, Lon Chaney, John Gilbert, Colleen Moore, Cl