| Description |
1 online resource (576 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-563), filmography and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Melbourne-Cooper, Arthur, 1874-1961.
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Melbourne-Cooper, Arthur, 1874-1961. |
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Great Britain.
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Motion picture producers and directors. |
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Great Britain. |
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Animated films -- History and criticism.
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Animated films. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mul, Ati.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vries, Tjitte de. "They thought it was a marvel". [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009 9789085550167 (OCoLC)587198738 |
| ISBN |
9789048507825 (electronic book) |
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9048507820 (electronic book) |
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9085550165 |
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9789085550167 |
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