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050 1 4 _aPN1993.5.A1
_bG633 1990
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100 1 _aGomery, Douglas.
245 1 0 _aMovie history :
_ba survey /
_cDouglas Gomery.
260 _aBelmont, Calif. :
_bWadsworth Pub. Co.,
_cc1991.
300 _axvi, 510 p., [4] p. of plates :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 442-468) and index.
505 _aPreface. 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.
520 _aGomery's text is the first film history text to treat movies both as an important economic industry and as mass social art.
650 0 _aMotion pictures
_xHistory.
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