| Description |
870 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Note |
"Plus Academy Awards 2005"--Cover. |
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"This book is an updated version of Chronicle of the cinema, first published in 1995 ... and reprinted with revisions in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005"--T.p. verso. |
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Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
Birth of an industry, 1900 to 1919 -- The silent era, 1920-1929 -- Movies find a voice, 1930 to 1939 -- War and after, 1940 to 1949 -- The swing of the pendulum, 1950 to 1959 -- The New Wave, 1960 to 1969 -- Strange bedfellows, 1970 to 1979 -- The Reagan years, 1980 to 1989 -- Towards the millennium, 1990 to 2004 -- Special features. The development of sound / Joel W. Finler. The studio system / Joel W. Finler. Color and widescreen / Joel W. Finler. -- The Oscar story / Ronald Bergan. Cameras / Joel W. Finler. Box office hits / Joel W. Finler. Reel music / Ronald Bergan. Special effects: Tricks of the trade / Joel W. Finler. The irresistible rise of the independent movie / Edel Brosnan. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- History -- Chronology.
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Motion pictures. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Chronologies.
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Chronologies.
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| Added Author |
Karney, Robyn.
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Finler, Joel W. (Joel Waldo)
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Bergan, Ronald.
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| Added Title |
Chronicle of the cinema.
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| ISBN |
0756613191 US $50.00 |
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1405311606 UK |
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