Buccaneer : James Stuart Blackton and the birth of American movies / / Donald Dewey
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Dewey Donald <1940->
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| Titolo: |
Buccaneer : James Stuart Blackton and the birth of American movies / / Donald Dewey
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.4302/3092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Motion picture producers and directors - United States |
| Animators - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 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 |
| Appendix AAppendix B; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Buccaneer |
| ISBN: | 1-4422-4259-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813592303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Film and history (Lanham, Md.)