serial queen help wanted

Mark Cooper coopermg
Thu Jul 10 16:42:29 EDT 2008


Greetings KineJapan,

I work on silent-era Hollywood, not Japanese cinema, but I could use a  
bit of help and a friend suggested I ask here. In brief: I'm writing a  
chapter on serial queens for a volume on stars of the 1910s. I will  
focus on Pearl White and Grace Cunard, and I'm trying to do justice to  
their global circulation.  From Joanne Bernardi's book (thanks Joanne  
if you're out there), and from an item in Universal's house organ, I  
know that _Katsud? no sekai_ published a special section on Cunard in  
its September, 1916 issue.  I have obtained a copy.  I'm hoping that  
this material might prove sufficiently interesting to inspire someone  
to translate. For my immediate purposes, I would mainly need a summary  
of the discussion, with perhaps a more precise translation of a  
passage or two. The section runs a total of 16 pages, which I would  
happily transmit via .pdf.  In addition to public acknowledgement and  
eternal gratitude, I could pledge some research time. I'll be in Los  
Angeles next week at the Herrick Library, for what it's worth.

All best wishes,
Mark

Mark Garrett Cooper
Associate Professor of Film & Media Studies
University of South Carolina
coopermg at sc.edu




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