Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen

Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex Ingram (1893-1950) is ranked alongside D. W. Griffith, Marshall Neilan, and Erich von Stroheim as one of the greatest artists of the silent cinema. Ingram briefly studied sculpture at the Yale University School of Art after emigrating from Ireland to the United States in 1911; but he was soon seduced by the new medium of moving pictures and abandoned his studies for a series of jobs in the film industry. Over the next decade

Author: Ruth Barton
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 11/11/2014
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.41w x 1.01d
ISBN: 9780813147093

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/15/2014 pg. 85
Chronicle of Higher Education 12/05/2014 pg. 14
Choice 02/01/2015 pg. 979

About the Author

Ruth Barton is lecturer in film studies at Trinity College Dublin. She is the author of Hedy Lamarr and has written several books on Irish cinema, including Irish National Cinema and Acting Irish in Hollywood.

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