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Author:

Bowser, Eileen.

Title:

The transformation of cinema, 1907-1915 / Eileen Bowser.

Publisher:

Maxwell Macmillan International,

Copyright Date:

c1990

Description:

xii, 337 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Silent films--United States--History and criticism.
Motion pictures--United States--History.
Motion picture industry--United States--History.
Films muets--États-Unis--Histoire et critique.
Cinéma--Histoire.--États-Unis--Histoire.
Filmkunst.
Stomme films.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-300) and indexes.

Contents:

The nickelodeon -- A game of freeze-out -- The recruiting station of vice -- The films : alternate scenes -- General filmco and the pushcart peddlers -- Acting : the camera's closer view -- Brand names and stars -- Movie palaces -- Trademarks, titles, introductions -- Detours on the way to Hollywood -- The genre film -- The feature film -- The lid comes off -- Refining the product -- Scene dissection, spectacle, film as art.

Series:

History of the American cinema ; v. 2

ISBN:

0684184141 (alk. paper)
9780684184142 (alk. paper)
9780684184142 (alk. paper) :
0684184141 (alk. paper) :

LCCN:

90048306

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)