TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gomery,Douglas
TI  - Movie history: a survey 
SN  - 0534122949
AV  - PN1993.5.A1 G633 1990
U1  - 791.43 
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Belmont, Calif.
PB  - Wadsworth Pub. Co.
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - History
N1  - 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
N2  - Gomery's text is the first film history text to treat movies both as an important economic industry and as mass social art
ER  -