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Anthony Slide

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This documentary examines the many aspects of the gay fascination with Bette Davis, featuring film clips of Bette's most iconic moments, juxtaposed with camp burlesques of her by Matthew Martin and others, including Charles Pierce and Arthur Blake; a profile of Martin highlighting his long identification with Davis; and interviews with fans, entertainers, and gay cultural historians.
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Anthony Slide has been described as "a one-man publishing phenomenon" by the Los Angeles Times and a "meticulous film scholar" by Daily Variety. He has authored more than seventy books on the history of popular entertainment and edited a further 150 volumes. Among his pioneering works are books on early American cinema, early women directors, the cinema and Ireland, a history of the Vitagraph Company of America, a history of the non-theatrical film, and many others. Aside from his work as a writer and historian, he has found time to direct a number of documentaries relating to silent film history, including the feature-length The Silent Feminists, work as a consultant on a variety of film and television projects, and record a number of DVD commentaries. In 1990, in recognition of his work on the history of popular entertainment, Anthony Slide was awarded a honorary doctorate of letters by Bowling Green University. At that time, he was hailed by Lillian Gish as "our preeminent film historian of the silent era."
BornNovember 7, 1944
BornNovember 7, 1944
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The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
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  • 1993
A Century of Sound
9.2
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  • 2007
That's Hollywood (1976)
That's Hollywood
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American Masters (1985)
American Masters
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  • A Century of Sound
    • Research Consultant
    • 2007
  • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1987)
    American Experience
    • film researcher
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    • researcher
    • TV Series
    • 1988
  • Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures
    • consultant
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • That's Hollywood (1976)
    That's Hollywood
    • researcher
    • TV Series
    • 1981–1982

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  • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1987)
    American Experience
    • location assistant
    • TV Series
    • 1992–2009

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  • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
    Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
    • consulting producer
    • 2018
  • The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
    • producer
    • 1993

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    • 6′ (1.83 m)
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    • November 7, 1944
    • Birmingham, England, UK
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    Book: "Early American Cinema"

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