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Goddesses in the Machine: Fashion in American Silent Film

By Michelle Finamore (Editor), Emma Cormack (Editor), Nora Ellen Carleson (Contribution by), Noah Dubay (Contribution by), Laura Horak (Contribution by), Avery LaFlamme (Contribution by), Deborah Nadoolman Landis (Contribution by), Michele Majer (Contribution by), Jeremy Reeves (Contribution by), Marketa Uhlirova (Contribution by), Jay Weissberg (Contribution by)
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By Michelle Finamore (Editor), Emma Cormack (Editor), Nora Ellen Carleson (Contribution by), Noah Dubay (Contribution by), Laura Horak (Contribution by), Avery LaFlamme (Contribution by), Deborah Nadoolman Landis (Contribution by), Michele Majer (Contribution by), Jeremy Reeves (Contribution by), Marketa Uhlirova (Contribution by), Jay Weissberg (Contribution by)
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An engaging exploration of fashion in silent film that uncovers the innovation, artistry, and entrepreneurship behind Hollywood costume design

In the first decades of the twentieth century, enterprising designers recognized the importance of dress as a powerful tool for expression within the new silent medium of film. As the definitive exploration of fashion and costume in early Hollywood, Goddesses in the Machine reveals an untold story that begins in a period when actors wore their own clo...