Cinema : year by year, 1894-2000 /
editor in chief, Robyn Karney.
- American ed.
- New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2000.
- 975 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Chronicle of the cinema. c1997. Includes index.
Birth of an industry: 1900 to 1919 -- Silent era: 1920 to 1929 -- Development of sound / Joel W. Finler -- Movies find a voice: 1930 to 1939 -- War and after: 1940 to 1949 -- Studio system / Joel W. Finler -- Swing of the pendulum: 1950 to 1959 -- Color and widescreen / Joel W. Finler -- New wave: 1960 to 1969 -- Strange bedfellows: 1970 to 1979 -- Oscar story / Ronald Bergan -- Reagan years: 1980 to 1989 -- Cameras / Joel W. Finler -- Box-office hits / Joel W. Finler -- Towards the millennium: 1990 to 2000 -- Reel music / Ronald Bergan -- Special effects: tricks of the trade / Joel W. Finler -- Irresistible rise of the independent movie / Edel Brosnan.
From the birth of the film industry to its place in the new century, the world of show business is covered in this comprehensive volume. The year-by-year history of the movies uses materials from films, posters, and feature articles to chronicle all the major developments in the industry.