LEADER 02891nam 2200553 450 001 9910797908703321 005 20170919053451.0 010 $a1-4422-4259-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000576702 035 $a(EBL)4353597 035 $a(OCoLC)935925231 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001599016 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16300400 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001599016 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14887687 035 $a(PQKB)10101882 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4353597 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000576702 100 $a20160211h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuccaneer $eJames Stuart Blackton and the birth of American movies /$fDonald Dewey 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 225 1 $aFilm and History 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-4258-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Fish and Chips Tales; 2 In America; 3 Wives and Widows; 4 Movie Magic; 5 Burglaries; 6 War Is Good; 7 Real Wars and the Other Kind; 8 Wizardry; 9 Division of Labors; 10 What's Playing; 11 Reaching for Couth; 12 New Sets; 13 Star Powers; 14 Longer Views; 15 The Commodore; 16 General Chaos; 17 The High Cost of Peace; 18 Independent-Sort Of; 19 Don't Arise, Sir James; 20 At Homes with the Blacktons; 21 The Eagle Has Crashed; 22 Other Dimensions; 23 The Not-So-Great Depression; 24 Parading On; 25 Gin and Ham; 26 Last Glorious Adventures; Epilogue 327 $aAppendix AAppendix B; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author 330 $aThis is an in-depth look at the life and career of James Stuart Blackton (1875-1941), the first great commercial vendor of cinema who grasped that motion pictures were not merely a technical innovation, but a popular entertainment form for the masses. Blackton was a man of many firsts in the film industry: the first combination actor-director-producer in the United States, the country's first national exhibitor, and the first film propagandist. He contributed landmark innovations in everything from special effects to single-frame animation, for which he is often regarded as the father of the a 410 0$aFilm and history (Lanham, Md.) 606 $aMotion picture producers and directors$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAnimators$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aMotion picture producers and directors 615 0$aAnimators 676 $a791.4302/3092 700 $aDewey$b Donald$f1940-$01465289 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797908703321 996 $aBuccaneer$93684004 997 $aUNINA