The Emergence of Cinema. : the American Screen to 1907 Volume 1 :
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Pt. 1. Before cinema -- Toward a history of screen practice -- Thmas Edison and the amusement world -- Projecting motion pictures : invention and innovation -- Pt. 2. The novelty of cinema : 1896-1897 -- The vitascope -- Early motion-picture companies -- The proliferation of motion-picture companies and an assessment of the novelty year -- Pt. 3. The exhibitor plays a creative role : 1897-1900 -- Full-length programs : fights, passion plays, and travel -- Commercial warfare and the Spanish American War : 1897-1898 -- THe film industry achieves modest stability : 1898-1901 -- Pt. 4. The production company assumes creative dominance : 1900-1905 -- A period of commercial crisis : 1900-1903 -- The transition to story films : 1903-1904 -- Cinema flourishes within its existing commercial framework : 1904-1905 -- Pt. 5. The beginnings of the Nickelodeon Era : 1905-1907 -- Nickels count: storefront theaters : 1905-1907 -- Production as the Nickelodeon Era begins : 1905-1907.
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SERIES
History of the American cinema
1.
PUBLISHED
New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1990.
Year Published: 1990
Description: xvii, 613 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0684184133 :
SUBJECTS
Silent films -- History and criticism.
Motion pictures -- History.
Motion picture industry -- History.