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1 online resource (xvii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
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Screen decades |
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Screen decades.
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American cinema emerges (1890-1909) / Andre Gaudreault, Tom Gunning -- 1890-1895: movies and the kinetoscope / Paul C. Spehr -- 1896-1897: movies and the beginnings of cinema / Charles Musser -- 1898-1899: movies and entrepreneurs / Patrick Loughney -- 1900-1901: movies, new imperialism, and the new century / Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan -- 1902-1903: movies, stories, and attractions / Tom Gunning -- 1904-1905: movies and chasing the missing link(s) / Andre Gaudreault -- 1906: movies and spectacle / Lauren Rabinovitz -- 1907: movies and the expansion of the audience / Eileen Bowser -- 1908: movies and other media / Matthew Solomon -- 1909: movies and progress / Jennifer M. Bean -- Sources for films |
| Summary |
At the turn of the twentieth century, cinema was quickly establishing itself as a legitimate form of popular entertainment. The essays in American Cinema 1890?1909 explore and define how the making of motion pictures flowered into an industry that would finally become the central entertainment institution of the world. Beginning with all the early types of pictures that moved, this volume tells the story of the invention and consolidation of the various processes that gave rise to what we now call?cinema.? By examining the battles over patents, production, exhibition, and the reception of fil |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253), filmography (p. 247-248) , and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History
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Motion pictures -- United States -- Plots, themes, etc
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Motion pictures -- United States -- Themes, motives
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
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Motion pictures
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Motion pictures -- Plots, themes, etc.
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Film
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United States
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USA
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Gaudreault, André.
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| ISBN |
9780813546445 |
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0813546443 |
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9786612033490 |
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6612033495 |
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