02768nam 2200601Ia 450 991081503990332120200520144314.01-282-59188-6978661259188490-485-0782-0(CKB)2550000000010695(EBL)542508(OCoLC)607886675(SSID)ssj0000429669(PQKBManifestationID)11314333(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429669(PQKBWorkID)10430720(PQKB)11494352(MiAaPQ)EBC542508(Au-PeEL)EBL542508(CaPaEBR)ebr10373194(CaONFJC)MIL259188(EXLCZ)99255000000001069520100220d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccr'They thought it was a marvel' Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961) : pioneer of puppet animation /by Tjitte de Vries and Ati Nul1st ed.[Amsterdam] Amsterdam University Press Pallasc20091 online resource (577 p.)Description based upon print version of record.90-8555-016-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: "Preparing Something Wonderful"; Ch 1. A Want of Sanctuaries; Ch 2. Everything to Its Own Order; Ch 3. Stubborn and Ineradicable; Ch 4. Making Miracles Possible; Ch 5. An Imaginative Pioneer; Notes on Part One; Part Two: "Picture by Picture Movement by Movement"; 36 Animation Pictures by Arthur Melbourne-Cooper; How to Use the Filmography; Ch 6. 28 Animation Pictures and Two Inserts; Ch 7. The Langford Period 1925-1940 Eight Cinema Advertisements; Ch 8. Possibles and (Im)probables; Notes on Part Two - FilmographyAppendicesBibliography; List of All Animation Film Titles in Part Two - Filmography; General Index of Part One; Index of Names and AffairsIn a world obsessed with 'firsts', this fascinating book with its accompanying DVD analyses the stop-motion films made by the British pioneer filmmaker Arthur Melbourne-Cooper, arguably the maker of the first ever animation.Puppet filmsHistory and criticismAnimated filmsHistory and criticismPuppet filmsHistory and criticism.Animated filmsHistory and criticism.791.43Vries Tjitte de1651520Nul Ati1651521MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815039903321They thought it was a marvel4001525UNINA