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Author:

Musser, Charles.

Title:

The emergence of cinema : the American screen to 1907 / Charles Musser.

Publisher:

Maxwell Macmillan International,

Copyright Date:

c1990

Description:

xvii, 613 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-544) and indexes.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Before cinema -- Toward a history of screen practice -- Thomas Edison and the amusement world -- Projecting motion pictures : invention and innovation -- Pt. 2. The novelty of cinema : 1896-1897 -- The vitascope -- Early motion-picture companies -- The proliferation of motion-picture companies and an assessment of the novelty year -- Pt. 3. The exhibitor plays a creative role : 1897-1900 -- Full-length programs : fights, passion plays, and travel -- Commercial warfare and the Spanish American War : 1897-1898 -- THe film industry achieves modest stability : 1898-1901 -- Pt. 4. The production company assumes creative dominance : 1900-1905 -- A period of commercial crisis : 1900-1903 -- The transition to story films : 1903-1904 -- Cinema flourishes within its existing commercial framework : 1904-1905 -- Pt. 5. The beginnings of the Nickelodeon Era : 1905-1907 -- Nickels count: storefront theaters : 1905-1907 -- Production as the Nickelodeon Era begins : 1905-1907.

Series:

History of the American cinema ; v. 1

ISBN:

0684184133 (alk. paper)
9780684184135 (alk. paper)
9780684184135 (alk. paper) :
0684184133 (alk. paper) :

LCCN:

90048307

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)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

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) — 791.43 0973 Mus

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)