The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907University of California Press, 4 de maig 1994 - 613 pàgines From the beginnings of cinema through the first boom in the specialized moving-picture theaters known as nickelodeons, The Emergence of Cinema looks at the first twelve years of projected motion pictures and their aural accompaniment. Early American cinema is examined as an industry and as an influential cultural practice in the context of a centuries-long history of projected images. |
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Introduction ᏢᎪᎡᎢ | 1 |
Before Cinema | 13 |
Toward a History of Screen Practice | 15 |
Thomas Edison and the Amusement World | 65 |
Invention and Innovation Contents | 91 |
ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 2 | 107 |
The Vitascope 5 Early MotionPicture Companies | 139 |
The Proliferation of MotionPicture Companies and an Assessment of the Novelty Year | 159 |
Storefront Theaters 19051907 | 425 |
19051907 | 455 |
Concluding Remarks | 491 |
List of Abbreviations | 497 |
Notes | 499 |
Bibliography | 529 |
Picture Sources | 545 |
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Informació bibliogràfica
| Títol | The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907 Volum 1 de History of the American Cinema |
| Autor | Charles Musser |
| Edició | il·lustrada, reimpresa |
| Editor | University of California Press, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0520085337, 9780520085336 |
| Nre. de pàgines | 613 pàgines |
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