SLIDE, Anthony (Clifford)

SLIDE, Anthony (Clifford). Also writes as Anna Kate Sterling. British, b. 1944. Genres: Communications/Media, Film, Gay and lesbian issues, Theatre. Career: Freelance writer, researcher, and film scholar, Los Angeles. Ed., Filmmakers series, Scarecrow Press. Assistant ed., International Film Guide, London, 1968-71; Louis B. Mayer Research Associate, American Film Institute, Los Angeles, 1971-72; associate archivist, American Film Institute, Washington, DC, 1972-75; resident film historian, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, 1975-80; book review editor, Classic Images, 1989-2001. Publications: Early American Cinema, 1970, rev. ed., 1994; The Griffith Actresses, 1973; (with E. Wagenknecht) The Films of D.W. Griffith, 1975; The Idols of Silence, 1976; The Big V: A History of the Vitagraph Company, 1976; Early Women Directors, 1977, rev. ed., 1984; Aspects of American Film History Prior to 1920, 1978; Films on Film History, 1979; The Kindergarten of the Movies, 1980; (with E. Wagenknecht) Fifty Great American Silent Films 1912-1920, 1980; The Vaudevillians, 1981; Great Radio Personalities in Historic Photographs, 1982; A Collector's Guide to Movie Memorabilia, 1983; Fifty Classic British Films 1932-1982, 1985; A Collector's Guide to TV Memorabilia, 1986; The American Film Industry, 1986; Great Pretenders, 1986; Fifty French Films, 1912-1982, 1987; (with P. and S. Hanson) Sourcebook for the Performing Arts, 1988; The Cinema and Ireland, 1988; The International Film Industry, 1989; Silent Portraits, 1989; The Television Industry, 1991; Nitrate Won't Wait, 1992; Before Video, 1992; The Slide Area: Film Book Reviews, 1898- 1991, 1992; Gay and Lesbian Themes and Characters in Mystery Novels, 1993; The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville, 1994; The Hollywood Novel, 1995; Some Joe You Don't Know, 1996; The Silent Feminists, 1996; Lois Weber: The Director Who Lost Her Way in History, 1996; The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry, 1998; Eccentric of Comedy, 1998; Banned in the USA: British Films in the US and Their Censorship, 1933- 1960, 1998; Actors on Red Alert, 1999; Silent Players, 2002; Lost Gay Novels, 2002. EDITOR: Selected Film Criticism, 5 vols., 1982, Foreign Films 1930-1950, 1984, 1951-1960, 1985; International Film, Radio and Television Journals, 1985; The Best of Rob Wagner's Script, 1985; Selected Theatre Criticism, 3 vols., 1985; Filmfront, 1986; The Memoirs of Alice Guy Blaché, 1986; Selected Radio and Television Criticism 1987; Picture Dancing on a Screen, 1988; Selected Vaudeville Criticism, 1988; They Also Wrote for the Fan Magazines, 1992; Robert Goldstein and the Spirit of '76, 1993; De Toth on De Toth, 1997; Ravished Armenia and the Story of Aurora Mardiganian, 1997. EDITOR AS ANNA KATE STERLING: Celebrity Articles from the Screen Guild Magazine, 1987; Cinematographers on the Art and Craft of Cinematography, 1987; The Best of Shadowland, 1987. Address: 4118 Rhodes Ave, Studio City, CA 91604, U.S.A.