| Early American Cinema Revised Edition Contributor(s): Slide, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810827220 ISBN-13: 9780810827226 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $88.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1994 Annotation: Provides a concise history of the American motion picture industry before 1920. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General - Drama | American - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 791 |
| LCCN: 94-13282 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.34" W x 8.42" (0.80 lbs) 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A completely revised and rewritten new edition of the pioneering film book first published in 1970, Early American Cinema, New and Revised Edition provides a concise history of the American motion picture industry before 1920, documenting the work of the early production companies, releasing organizations, filmmakers, and performers, and will serve both as a textbook and a reference source. Chapters cover pre-cinema, the Motion Picture Patents Company, independent filmmaking, the birth of the feature film, Thomas H. Ince, D.W. Griffith, sound and music, the star system, the role of women, new technologies, genres, and the languge, business, and art of the film. The book includes suggestions for further reading, together wiht a general bibliography, and lengthy bibliographies on Ince and Griffith. |