Creagh McLean Cole

Multi-addressing and International Diversity of Film Reception: The Suffragette (1913) by Urban Gad with Asta Nielsen

29. sep 2026. This article analyzes how film distributors and cinema operators in different countries have addressed and emphasized the contrasting modes of reception present in the politically controversial 'The…

Remembrance and Reputation: Asta Nielsen’s Influence on the (De-)Canonization of Urban Gad’s Oeuvre

29. sep 2026. In the 1910s and early 1920s, Danish filmmaker Urban Gad was an acclaimed director of German silent films. Today, he is mainly remembered for his collaboration with Asta Nielsen. This paper uses Gad…

"That ambivalent fandom": Asta Nielsen and her fan mail

29. sep 2026. Fandom emerged long before the advent of film, but experienced a tremendous boom since the 1910s with the rise of the feature film. As the first international film star, it was only natural that Asta…

The One That Got Away: Asta Nielsen’s Unsuccessful Quest for a Danish Cinema License

29. sep 2026. Although she was a global film star with countless admirers, Asta Nielsen was deeply frustrated by the fact that she applied at least a dozen times for a license to run a cinema in Copenhagen without…