Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Seattle Critic J. Willis Sayre and the J. Willis Sayre Collection
1. Way Out West: Seattle’s Theatrical History
2. A Race Across the Continent: The Roadshow Engagements of Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Mary Miles Minter, William S. Hart, Douglas Fairbanks and Lon Chaney
3. Roads of Destiny: The Roadshow Engagements of Theda Bara, Marguerite Clark, Marshall Neilan, D.W. Griffith, Thomas Ince and Cecil B. DeMille
4. All the Comforts of Home: The Extended Engagements of John Bunny, Roscoe Arbuckle and Tom Mix
5. Laugh, Town, Laugh: The Vaudeville Engagements of Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Harry Langdon, Francis X. Bushman and Nell Shipman
6. A Matinee Idol: The Promotional Appearances of William S. Hart, Nell Shipman, Rudolph Valentino, and the Screen Ball of 1919
7. Best Foot Forward: The Sound Era Engagements of Roscoe Arbuckle, Tom Mix, Harry Langdon, Norma Talmadge, Blanche Sweet, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Ben Turpin and J. Stuart Blackton
8. The Last Word
Appendix I: Engagements by Performer
Appendix II: Stock Theatre Appearances of Clara Kimball Young
Appendix III: Silent Film Performers Noted in the J. Willis Sayre Collection
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
