LEADER 02849nam 2200577 a 450 001 996248205003316 005 20220128194947.0 010 $a1-281-77651-3 010 $a9786611776510 010 $a0-8135-4475-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542088 035 $a(EBL)358310 035 $a(OCoLC)467174393 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000245583 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186461 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245583 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10176331 035 $a(PQKB)11421275 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC358310 035 $a(dli)HEB07996 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542088 100 $a20070524d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA short history of film /$fWheeler Winston Dixon & Gwendolyn Audrey Foster 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (480 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-4270-7 311 0 $a0-8135-4269-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 389-409) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Authors 330 $aThe 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 tour 606 $aMotion pictures$xHistory 606 $aMotion picture industry$xHistory 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xHistory. 676 $a791.43/7 676 $a791.4309 700 $aDixon$b Wheeler W.$f1950-$01006109 701 $aFoster$b Gwendolyn Audrey$0938366 712 02$aAmerican Council of Learned Societies. 801 0$bNyNyACL 801 1$bNyNyACL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248205003316 996 $aA short history of film$92580689 997 $aUNISA