02849nam 2200577 a 450 99624820500331620220128194947.01-281-77651-397866117765100-8135-4475-0(CKB)1000000000542088(EBL)358310(OCoLC)467174393(SSID)ssj0000245583(PQKBManifestationID)11186461(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245583(PQKBWorkID)10176331(PQKB)11421275(MiAaPQ)EBC358310(dli)HEB07996(EXLCZ)99100000000054208820070524d2008 ub 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrA short history of film /Wheeler Winston Dixon & Gwendolyn Audrey FosterNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20081 online resource (480 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4270-7 0-8135-4269-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-409) and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Timeline; Chapter 1: The Invention of the Movies; Chapter 2: The Birth of an American Industry; Chapter 3: World Cinema: The Silent Era; Chapter 4: The Hollywood Studio System in the 1930's and 1940's; Chapter 5: International Cinema Through World War II; Chapter 6: Postwar Challenges to the Movies; Chapter 7: World Cinema in the 1950's; Chapter 8: The 1960's Explosion; Chapter 9: World Cinema 1970 to the Present; Chapter 10: The New Hollywood; Glossary of Film Terms; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorsThe history of international cinema is now available in a concise, conveniently sized, and affordable volume. Succinct yet comprehensive, A Short History of Film provides an accessible overview of the major movements, directors, studios, and genres from the 1880's to the present. More than 250 rare stills and illustrations accompany the text, bringing readers face to face with many of the key players and films that have marked the industry.Beginning with precursors of what we call moving pictures, Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster lead a fast-paced tourMotion picturesHistoryMotion picture industryHistoryMotion picturesHistory.Motion picture industryHistory.791.43/7791.4309Dixon Wheeler W.1950-1006109Foster Gwendolyn Audrey938366American Council of Learned Societies.NyNyACLNyNyACLBOOK996248205003316A short history of film2580689UNISA