Florence Lawrence, The Biograph Girl: America's First Movie Star

Jefferson NC/London: McFarland & Company, Inc.. Fine. (c.1999). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, as issued) [tight clean copy, as-new with no discernible wear]. (B&W photographs) Well-researched biography of the actress who pretty much had the "star system" invented for her, due to her extreme popularity -- despite her anonymity -- in early Biograph films. .