03826nam 22007095 450 991078268590332120230721004552.01-282-03349-21-78034-782-00-8135-4644-310.36019/9780813546445(CKB)1000000000702855(EBL)413879(OCoLC)437092015(SSID)ssj0000101961(PQKBManifestationID)11128362(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101961(PQKBWorkID)10043853(PQKB)11224962(DE-B1597)530380(DE-B1597)9780813546445(OCoLC)1148157416(MiAaPQ)EBC413879(EXLCZ)99100000000070285520200424h20092009 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican Cinema 1890-1909 Themes and Variations /Andre GaudreaultNew Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2009]©20091 online resource (288 p.)Screen Decades: American Culture/AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-4442-4 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TIMELINE 1890–1909 -- Introduction: American Cinema Emerges (1890–1909) -- 1890–1895 Movies and the Kinetoscope -- 1896–1897 Movies and the Beginnings of Cinema -- 1898–1899 Movies and Entrepreneurs -- 1900–1901 Movies, New Imperialism, and the New Century -- 1902–1903 Movies, Stories, and Attractions -- 1904–1905 Movies and Chasing the Missing Link(s) -- 1906 Movies and Spectacle -- 1907 Movies and the Expansion of the Audience -- 1908 Movies and Other Media -- 1909 Movies and Progress -- SOURCES FOR FILMS -- WORKS CITED AND CONSULTED -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEXAt the turn of the twentieth century, cinema was quickly establishing itself as a legitimate form of popular entertainment. 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." By examining the battles over patents, production, exhibition, and the reception of film, readers learn how going to the movies became a social tradition in American society. In the course of these two decades, cinema succeeded both in establishing itself among other entertainment and instructional media and in updating various forms of spectacle. Screen Decades: American Culture/American CinemaMotion pictures - United States - HistoryMotion pictures - United States - Plots, themes, etcMotion picturesMotion picturesHistoryUnited StatesMotion picturesPlots, themes, etcUnited StatesMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmHILCCFilmHILCCMotion pictures - United States - History.Motion pictures - United States - Plots, themes, etc.Motion pictures.Motion picturesHistoryMotion picturesPlots, themes, etcMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmFilm791.430973/09034Gaudreault Andre, edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910782685903321American cinema, 1890-19091767164UNINA