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History of the American film industry from its beginnings to 1931

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Dover Publications, Jan 1, 1970 - Performing Arts - 456 pages

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Skip the first chapter on the origin of movies--he gives very short shrift to foreign developers, barely mentioning Lumiere and mentioning Pathe and Melies as little as possible. Startlingly, doesn't ... Read full review

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This is quite a remarkable book, a history of the movies up to 1930 written by someone who was intimately involved in the behind the scenes business machinations of the industry. It offers a real ...

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Contents

xiii HOLLYWOOD SCANDALS AND CENSORSHIP Nrti
281
xvm SOUND AND FURY
388
ILLUSTRATIONS
464

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TitleHistory of the American film industry from its beginnings to 1931
Dover Americana
AuthorBenjamin Bowles Hampton
Editionillustrated
PublisherDover Publications, 1970
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized9 Feb 2010
Length456 pages
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Performing Arts / Film & Video / General
Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism
  
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