A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion PictureFirst published in 1964. When A Million and One Nights was first published in 1926, it was hailed as the first complete source book on the motion picture and its author, Terry Ramsaye, as the first authentic film historian. The intervening years have established A Million and One Nights as a classic, standard work on the history of the motion picture from the beginning through 1925. The contents of this edition are identical with those of the original two-volume edition. |
Contents
THE PREHISTORY OF THE SCREEN | xxxvii |
CHAPTER ONE FROM ARISTOTLE TO PHILADELPHIA PA | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO MUYBRIDGE IN MYTH AND MURDER | 21 |
CHAPTER THREE IN THE HOUSE OF THE WIZARD | 50 |
CHAPTER FOUR IT MOVESOCTOBER 6 1889 | 65 |
CHAPTER FIVE 150 SAVED AN EMPIRE LOST | 74 |
CHAPTER SIX WONDERS OF THE WORLDS FAIR | 79 |
CHAPTER SEVEN BLACKS PREFILM PICTUREPLAY | 91 |
CHAPTER FORTYTHREE CARL LAEMMLE TAKES A CHANCE | 446 |
CHAPTER FORTYFOUR ENTER D W GRIFFITH WITH MSS | 453 |
CHAPTER FORTYFIVE KALEM AND THE FIRST BEN HUR | 459 |
CHAPTER FORTYSIX JEREMIAH J KENNEDY HARDBOILED | 465 |
CHAPTER FORTYSEVEN AND NOW COMES CENSORSHIP | 473 |
CHAPTER FORTYEIGHT THE TRUST WAR BEGINS | 486 |
CHAPTER FORTYNINE INTRODUCING MARY PICKFORD | 499 |
CHAPTER FIFTY GRIFFITH EVOLVES SCREEN SYNTAX | 508 |
CHAPTER EIGHT TWO GALLANTS FROM VIRGINIA | 104 |
CHAPTER NINE DANCING BUTTERFLIES INTRIGUE | 115 |
CHAPTER TEN MAJOR LATHAM CHALLENGES | 128 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN ARMAT ATTAINS THE SCREEN | 137 |
CHAPTER TWELVE PAUL AND THE TIME MACHINE | 147 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN LUMIÈRES SIXTEEN A SECOND | 163 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN ROMANCES OF THE LATHAMS | 176 |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN THE LEGEND OF RICHMOND | 192 |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN BIOGRAPH STARTS WITH A PUNCH | 210 |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN A TRADE SECRET OF 1896 | 218 |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN FIRST NIGHT ON BROADWAY | 226 |
CHAPTER NINETEEN THE INVASION O F LONDON | 235 |
CHAPTER TWENTY FIRST PSALM OF THE CINEMA | 246 |
CHAPTER TWENTYONE A DANCE FROM CAIRO AND A KISS | 251 |
CHAPTER TWENTYTWO VAUDEVILLE ADOPTS THE FILMS | 262 |
CHAPTER TWENTYTHREE RECRUITING THE PIONEERS | 269 |
CHAPTER TWENTYFOUR WHEN CORBETT FOUGHT RUBY ROBERT | 281 |
CHAPTER TWENTYFIVE THE LATHAM STAR DECLINES | 290 |
CHAPTER TWENTYSIX CHICAGOSPOOR AND SELIG | 299 |
CHAPTER TWENTYSEVEN THE LAWLESS FILM FRONTIER | 308 |
CHAPTER TWENTYEIGHT McKINLEYBIOGRAPHS FIRST NIGHT | 322 |
CHAPTER TWENTYNINE BARNUMS GRANDSON ENTERTAINS | 333 |
CHAPTER THIRTY EDISON JR ON THE SPANISH MAIN | 341 |
CHAPTER THIRTYONE THE CHARITY BAZAAR FIRE | 353 |
CHAPTER THIRTYTWO MARSHALL FIELD AND A BOOK AGENT | 358 |
CHAPTER THIRTYTHREE THE SAGA OF CALVARY | 366 |
CHAPTER THIRTYFOUD AND THEN THE FIGHT STARTED | 379 |
CHAPTER THIRTYFIVE BLACKTON SMITH AND ROCK | 389 |
CHAPTER THIRTYSIX MELIES MAGIC AND THE PIRATES | 394 |
CHAPTER THIRTYSEVEN ALASKA WAR AND TAMMANY | 401 |
CHAPTER THIRTYEIGHT BRIGHT LIGHTS AND DARK DEEDS | 408 |
CHAPTER THIRTYNINE THE STORY PICTURE IS BORN | 414 |
CHAPTER FORTY THE SCREEN THEATRE ARRIVES | 425 |
CHAPTER FORTYONE ROOSEVELT AND DOCKSTADER | 434 |
CHAPTER FORTYTWO WHEN ACTORS SCORNED THE SCREEN | 440 |
CHAPTER FIFTYONE T R GETS NATUREFAKED AGAIN | 519 |
CHAPTER FIFTYTWO IMP KIDNAPS TRUST STAR | 523 |
CHAPTER FIFTYTHREE THE DISCOVERY OF CALIFORNIA | 532 |
CHAPTER FIFTYFOUR A COWBOY AN UNDERTAKER ET AL | 542 |
CHAPTER FIFTYFIVE THE LATHAMS LAST DAY | 553 |
CHAPTER FIFTYSIX ADVENTURES OF KINEMACOLOR | 562 |
CHAPTER FIFTYSEVEN TOM INCE RAISES A MOUSTACHE | 573 |
CHAPTER FIFTYEIGHT HERRING DIAMONDS AND SELZNICK | 584 |
CHAPTER FIFTYNINE ADOLPH ZUKOR AND SARAH BERNHARDT | 594 |
CHAPTER SIXTY THE GISHES PINK AND BLUE | 603 |
CHAPTER SIXTYONE THE SCREEN DISCOVERS SEX | 612 |
CHAPTER SIXTYTWO LASKY RENTS A BARN | 620 |
CHAPTER SIXTYTHREE THE BIRTH OF A NATION | 635 |
CHAPTER SIXTYFOUR CHARLIE CHAPMAN GETS AN OFFER | 645 |
CHAPTER SIXTYFIVE THE SCREEN AND PRESS CONSPIRE | 652 |
CHAPTER SIXTYSIX PANCHITO VILLA SELLS A WAR | 670 |
CHAPTER SIXTYSEVEN ROXY COMES TO BROADWAY | 674 |
CHAPTER SIXTYEIGHT WASHINGTON LONDON AND THE TAJ MAHAL | 683 |
CHAPTER SIXTY NINE JACK JOHNSONS FILM KNOCKOUT | 693 |
CHAPTER SEVENTY BARA AND THE VAMPIRE | 699 |
CHAPTER SEVENTYONE 104000 FOR MARY | 708 |
CHAPTER SEVENTYTWO TRIANGLE FAIRBANKS AND RIESENFELD | 715 |
CHAPTER SEVENTYTHREE HENRY FORD ANSWERS A WAR CRY | 726 |
CHAPTER SEVENTYFOUR 670000 FOR CHAPLIN | 731 |
CHAPTER SEVENTYFIVE MARY QUITE CONTRARY TAKES A MILLION | 741 |
CHAPTER SEVENTYSIX TWO MILLION ON BELSHAZZAR | 755 |
CHAPTER SEVENTYSEVEN ZUKORED AND SELZNICKED | 761 |
CHAPTER SEVENTYEIGHT WILSON HEARST AND CREEL | 777 |
CHAPTER SEVENTYNINE MARY McADOO AND MONTE CARLO | 789 |
CHAPTER EIGHTY WILL HAYS GOES TO LUNCH | 803 |
CHAPTER EIGHTYONE TODAY | 822 |
APPENDIX | 835 |
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