'They thought it was a marvel' [[electronic resource] ] : Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961) : pioneer of puppet animation / / by Tjitte de Vries and Ati Nul

• Autore: Vries Tjitte de
• Pubblicazione: [Amsterdam], : Amsterdam University Press, : Pallas, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (577 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43
• Soggetto topico: Puppet films - History and criticism; Animated films - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: NulAti
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 - Filmography ; AppendicesBibliography; List of All Animation Film Titles in Part Two - Filmography; General Index of Part One; Index of Names and Affairs
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: They thought it was a marvel
• ISBN: 1-282-59188-6; 9786612591884; 90-485-0782-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456469803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II