Papers and resources
Scholarship on the studio, the films and interviews that grew out of it, and the data behind the catalogue.
Scholarship
Papers and talks
29 papers and talks, 2003–2022
2020s
2010s
- 2019The Thanhouser Twins: Marion and Madeline Fairbanks
- 2019New Rochelle, NY: Home of the Child Stars
- 2018Lost and Found: The Provenance of Thanhouser Films
- 2017Gertrude Homan Thanhouser: Her Story in Film
- 2016All in the Family: The Thanhouser Studio
- 2015Florence La Badie: Silent Film Star and Presidential Courtesan?
- 2014Lloyd F. Lonergan: Studio Co-Founder and Prolific Scenario Writer
- 2013From Stage to Screen: Edwin Thanhouser’s Rise to Fame and Fortune in Early Cinema
- 2011Reconstructing Thanhouser: The Twenty-Five Year Journey of a Citizen Archivist
- 2011The Social Impact of Thanhouser’s 1912 The Cry of the Children
- 2011Thanhouser: Special Feature, on the studio’s coming-attractions slides
- 2010Narration and Authorship in the Transitional Text: Griffith, Thanhouser, and Typicality
2000s
- 2009Beyond Simple Stereotypes: Black Representations in Thanhouser Films
- 2009Free for the Taking? DVD Access to Silent Films in the Public Domain
- 2009Thanhouser: A Microcosm of the Transitional Era in Silent Film
- 2006A Happy Medium: Women’s Suffrage Portrayals in Thanhouser Films, 1910–16
- 2006The Thanhouser Studio and the Department Store: Women in the Public Sphere
- 2006The Rise and Fall of Thanhouser and the Silent Drug Film Genre
- 2006Nobody Loves a Fat Woman: Portrayals of Female Obesity in Early American Cinema
- 2006Four Cinema Versions of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- 2005Rediscovering Thanhouser: New Digital Assets for Cinema Media Studies
- 2005Gertrude Homan Thanhouser: Pioneering Studio Executive, 1909–1918
- 2005Gertrude Homan Thanhouser: A Chronological Biography, 1882–1951
- 2004The Construction of Educational Value in Thanhouser Silent Film
- 2004Lloyd Lonergan and the Development of Film Scripts at the Thanhouser Studio
- 2004Notes on Thanhouser’s The Evidence of the Film
- 2003The Influence of D. W. Griffith on Thanhouser’s 1913 Release The Evidence of the Film
- 2003Acting for the Camera: Dramatic Styles in Thanhouser Studio Films
On screen and air
Films and interviews
- The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American CinemaNed Thanhouser’s documentary history of the studio, 2014.
- The Cry of the ChildrenAn 11-minute documentary on the 1912 child-labor film, 2003.
- From the Vaults, a Look at Early Indie-Movie HistoryNPR, All Things Considered, 2009.
- The Thanhouser Company at 100WNYC, The Leonard Lopate Show, 2009.
The data
Data and downloads
Thanhouser Film Database261 surviving films and the archives that hold them, as of 2019.Thanhouser FilmographyTitles and release dates for all 1,086 films.Filmography AnalysisThe 1,086 films by brand, company, type, release date and reels.Thanhouser PersonalitiesMore than 1,000 people who worked at the studio.Thanhouser films on DVD and onlineWhich surviving films you can watch, and where.
Around the web
Elsewhere
- Thanhouser Studio Archive, Iona UniversityDigitized photographs, stills and promotional material.
- Women Film Pioneers ProjectColumbia University’s reference on women in early film.
- The Silent EraA database of silent films, people and releases.
- NitratevilleA forum for collectors, archivists and fans of early film.
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