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03321aam a2200541 i 4500 001 CCC4182E68DD11EA9C5A9E4D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200318010024 008 190724s2019 ilua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2019032253 020 $a 0226105636 020 $a 9780226105635 020 $a 0226105628 020 $a 9780226105628 035 $a (OCoLC)1089896806 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCL $d UKMGB $d ERASA $d TOH $d CGU $d NYP $d VP@ $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a TR849.P38 $b C47 2019 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Christie, Ian, $d 1945- $e author. 245 10 $a Robert Paul and the origins of British cinema / $c Ian Christie. 264 1 $a Chicago : $b The University of Chicago Press, $c 2019. 300 $a x, 342 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Cinema and modernity 520 $a "Time Traveler, tells the story of the white-hot years of filmmaking in the 1890s and seeks nothing less than to restore Robert Paul to his rightful place in that scene. Paul improved upon the Kinetoscope (which Edison had neglected to patent in the UK). He also created the first movie camera in the UK and went on to unveil a highly effective projector called the Theatograph in 1896. Paul patented numerous devices, including a wireless telegraphy kit and submarine navigation devices that were instrumental in WWI. This book covers Paul's life, the race among inventors (including Edison, the Lumieres, and many more) to develop lucrative technologies, the jumbled culture of patent-snatching, tinkering, showmanship, music halls and movie palaces that then prevailed"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Getting into the picture business -- Flashback: an engineer's education -- "Adding interest to wonder": the first year in film -- Time travel: film, the past, and posterity -- "True till death!" family business -- Home and away: networks of nonfiction -- Distant wars: South Africa and beyond -- Telling tales: studio-based production -- "Daddy Paul": the cultural economy of cinema in Britain -- "My original business": Paul's technical and scientific work -- Paul and early film history -- Epilogue. 600 10 $a Paul, Robert, $d 1869-1943. 650 0 $a Cinematographers $z England $v Biography. 650 0 $a Electrical engineers $z England $v Biography. 650 0 $a Cinematography $z England $x History. 650 0 $a Motion picture projectors $z England $x History. 650 0 $a Motion picture industry $z England $x History. 650 7 $a Cinematographers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861478 650 7 $a Cinematography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861484 650 7 $a Electrical engineers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01728648 650 7 $a Motion picture industry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027150 650 7 $a Motion picture projectors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027244 651 7 $a England. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219920 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9780226610115 830 0 $a Cinema and modernity. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017020151.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CCC4182E68DD11EA9C5A9E4D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search