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Movie history : a survey / Douglas Gomery.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1991.Description: xvi, 510 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0534122949
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43
LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.A1 G633 1990
Contents:
Preface. Part I: The silent cinema 1895-1927. The invention and innovation of the movies. The triumph of Hollywood. Hollywood establishes the classic narrative style. Influential alternatives to Hollywood: European cinema. The Soviet experiment in filmmaking. Part II: The Hollywood studio era: 1928-1950. The coming of sound and the studio system. The golden age of Hollywood moviemaking. Pre-World War II alternatives to Hollywood: France, Britain, and Germany. Post-World War II alternatives to Hollywood. The television era: 1951-1975. Part III: The television era: 1951 to 1975. Television, wide-screen and colour. Transformation in Hollywood movie-making. The art cinema alternative. Searching for alternative styles. An epilogue: contemporary film history. Bibliography. Filmographies and sources of films. Index.
Summary: Gomery's text is the first film history text to treat movies both as an important economic industry and as mass social art.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN1993.5.A1 G633 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000120687

Includes bibliographical references (p. 442-468) and index.

Preface. Part I: The silent cinema 1895-1927. The invention and innovation of the movies. The triumph of Hollywood. Hollywood establishes the classic narrative style. Influential alternatives to Hollywood: European cinema. The Soviet experiment in filmmaking. Part II: The Hollywood studio era: 1928-1950. The coming of sound and the studio system. The golden age of Hollywood moviemaking. Pre-World War II alternatives to Hollywood: France, Britain, and Germany. Post-World War II alternatives to Hollywood. The television era: 1951-1975. Part III: The television era: 1951 to 1975. Television, wide-screen and colour. Transformation in Hollywood movie-making. The art cinema alternative. Searching for alternative styles. An epilogue: contemporary film history. Bibliography. Filmographies and sources of films. Index.

Gomery's text is the first film history text to treat movies both as an important economic industry and as mass social art.

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