Bibliograph

A short history of film, Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

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A short history of film, Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-431) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A short history of film

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1004248528

Responsibility statement

Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

Summary

"With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema- especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers- an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book movies and computer generated special effects..."--Back cover

Table Of Contents

Timeline 1832-2017 -- The invention of the movies -- The birth of an American industry -- World cinema : the silent era -- The Hollywood studio system in the 1930s and 1940s -- International cinema through World War II -- Postwar challenges to the movies -- World cinema in the 1950s -- The 1960s explosion -- World cinema 1970 to the present -- The new Hollywood

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