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Author Dickinson, Thorold.

Title A discovery of cinema / Thorold Dickinson
Published London : Oxford University Press, 1971

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 W'PONDS  791.430904 Dic  AVAILABLE
Description 8 unnumbered pages, 164 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Contents The tools and the illusion -- The changing process of cinema -- Phase one: The silent film -- Phase two: The early sound film -- Phase three: The modern sound film -- The fourth factor -- Envoi
Summary Provides a framework in which the first seventy-five years of cinema can be seen in perspective
Notes Includes filmographical references in "Objective narrative, subjective personal statement, and factual film : a programme": p. 150-153
Bibliography bibliography: pages 154-155
Notes Also issued online
Subject Motion pictures -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures -- History.
LC no. 79592059
ISBN 0192114395
0192114409