American Cinema, 1890-1909: Themes and Variations

American Cinema, 1890-1909: Themes and Variations
ISBN-10
0813544432
ISBN-13
9780813544434
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
268
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Author
Andre Gaudreault

Description

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."

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