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book		American silent film / William K. Everson New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Call No: 71(73) EVE Author: Everson, William K Place: New York Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: 1978 PhysDes: vii, 387 p., [38] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm Series: A History of the American film ; 1 Subject: USA. 1895-1930; TITLING; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA; WESTERNS; COMEDIES. USA; ART DIRECTION; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915); INTOLERANCE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1916) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 355-362 ISBN: 019502348X : $17.50 LON: 1073077 More info
book		Aspects of American film history prior to 1920 / by Anthony Slide Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978. Call No: 71(73) SLI Author: Slide, Anthony Place: Metuchen, N.J. Publisher: Scarecrow Press PubDate: 1978 PhysDes: xii, 161 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: USA. 1895-1930 Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 135-148 ISBN: 0810811308 LON: 1147658 More info
book		The Columbia companion to American history on film : how the movies have portrayed the American past / edited by Peter C. Rollins New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. Call No: 741.9(73) COL Author: Rollins, Peter C. Edition: 1st ed. Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Columbia University Press PubDate: 2003 PhysDes: xxi, 671 p. : ill. ; 26 cm Subject: USA; USA. 1895-1930; USA. 1920's; USA. 1927-32; USA. 1930's; USA. 1940's; USA. 1950's; USA. 1960's; USA. 1970's; NIXON [RICHARD M.] IN FILMS Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 023111222X Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009 Contents: I. Eras-- The Puritan Era and the Puritan Mind-- The 1890s -- The 1920s --The 1930s -- The 1960s -- The 1970s -- The 1980s -- II. Wars and Other Malor Events --The American Revolution -- The Civil War and Reconstruction -- The Cold War-- The Korean War -- The Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War --The Vietnam War -- Westward Expansion and the Indian Wars -- World War I -- World War-- II: Documentaries -- World War II: Feature Films -- III. Notable People -- The Antebellum Frontier Hero --Christopher Columbus-- The Founding Fathers -- Indian Leaders -- The Kennedys -- Abraham Lincoln --Richard Nixon -- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt -- Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig -- Harry S. Truman -- George Washington -- IV. Groups -- African Americans After World War II-- Arab Americans-- Asian Americans-- Catholic Americans -- Children and Teenagers in the Twentieth Century -- Irish Americans -- Italian Americans--Jewish Americans -- Mexican Americans --Native Americans -- Radicals and Radicalism-- Robber Barons, Media Moguls, and Power Elites -- Women from the Colonial Era to 1900 -- Women in the Twentieth Century-- V. Institutions and Movements -- Baseball -- City and State Government -- Civil Rights-- Congress -- The Family -- Football -- Journalism and the Media -- The Labor Movement and the Working Class--Militias and Extremist Political Movements --The Political Machine -- The Presidency After World War II -- Private Schools -- Public High Schools -- VI. Places -- The Midwest -- The "New" West and the New Western -- New York City--The Sea -- The Small Town -- The South -- Space -- Suburbia -- Texas and the Southwest -- The Trans-Appalachian West -- VII. Themes and Topics -- Crime and the Mafia -- Drugs, Tobacco, and Alcohol -- Elections and Party Politics -- Feminism and Feminist Films-- Railroads --Sexuality -- Slavery -- VIII. Myths and Heroes -- The American Adam-- The American Fighting Man -- Democracy and Equality -- The Frontier and the West -- Hollywood's Detective-- The Machine in the Garden -- Success and the Self-Made Man. More info
book		Emerald illusions : the Irish in early American cinema / Gary D. Rhodes Dublin ; Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press, 2012. Call No: 757(73)-054(=1.417) RHO Author: Rhodes, Gary D. Source: IE/US Place: Dublin ; Portland, OR Publisher: Irish Academic Press PubDate: 2012 PhysDes: vi, 426 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: IRISH IN FILMS; IRISH IN FILMS. USA; USA. 1895-1930 Summary: This title provides a history of pre-cinema and the Irish in America and features over 100 previously unseen photographs. The book provides an account of the audiences for Irish-themed films as well as a history of the Irish-themed film production in America during the early cinema period ISBN: 9780716531432 Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2013 Contents: -- acknowledgements -- introduction -- 1: theatre and events -- 2: lantern slides -- 3: non-fiction -- 4: comedy -- 5: melodrama -- 6: film characters -- 7: audiences -- bibliography -- index -- More info
book		Grandma's scrapbook of silent movie stars / by John M. Kaduck Des Moines, Iowa: Wallace-Homestead Book Co., 1976. Call No: 802.27(73) KAD Author: Kaduck, John M. Edition: c1976 Source: US Place: Des Moines, Iowa Publisher: Wallace-Homestead Book Co. PubDate: 1976 PhysDes: 116 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm Subject: USA. 1895-1930; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; STARS. USA Summary: A collection of images of cinema actors from the silent period of American cinema Notes: Includes index. -- Bibliography: page 115 Levy Notes: AFI R&I book not yet catalogued - AG 23/10/2017 More info
book		The rivals of D. W. Griffith : alternate auteurs, 1913-1918, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, November-December 1976 / program and catalogue editing by Richard Koszarski Minneapolis: The Center, 1976. Call No: 71(73) WAL Author: Koszarski, Richard CorpAuthor: Walker Art Center Place: Minneapolis Publisher: The Center PubDate: 1976 PhysDes: 58 p. : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm Subject: USA. 1895-1930 Notes: Bibliography: p. 56-58 LON: 851293 More info
book		Star gazing / by June Head London: Peter Davies, 1931. Call No: 802.27(73) HEA Author: Head, June Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Peter Davies PubDate: 1931 PhysDes: 173 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm Subject: STARS; USA. 1895-1930 Summary: "This is an entirely unprejudiced and low-brow book, guiltless of any desire to instruct, disillusion, or upbraid either the film industry, the public, or the man who put the sin into cinema. It consists almost entirely of gossip about those glamorous and curiously unreal figures who we have learnt to call cinema "stars" ; about their appearance, idiosyncrasies, careers, marriages, divorces, deaths, or futures as the case applies" -- taken from introductory note Levy Notes: AFI R&I book not yet catalogued - AG 23/10/2017 More info
book		Stars of the photoplay Chicago: Photoplay Publishing Co., 1930. Call No: 802.27(084) STA Source: US Place: Chicago Publisher: Photoplay Publishing Co. PubDate: 1930 PhysDes: 250 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm Subject: STARS. USA; USA. 1895-1930; USA. 1920's; USA. 1927-32; ACTORS; ACTORS. USA Summary: Over 200 US based actors listed with photos and biographies Notes: art portraits of famous film favorites with short biographical sketches - front cover Levy Notes: AFI R&I book not yet catalogued - AG 23/10/2017 More info
book		The story of the films : as told by leaders of the industry to the students of the Graduate School of Business Administration, George F. Baker Foundation, Harvard University. Chicago, A. W. Shaw, 1927 / edited by Joseph P. Kennedy New York: J. S. Ozer, 1971. Call No: 203(73) STO Source: US Place: New York Publisher: J. S. Ozer PubDate: 1971 PhysDes: xxi, 377 p. : illus. ; 23 cm Series: Moving pictures: their impact on society Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; USA. 1895-1930; USA. 1920's Summary: Text from a series of lectures given at the Harvard University business school in 1927 on various aspects of the film industry Notes: "A facsimile reprint." Contents: Preface -- General Introduction to the course / Joesph P. Kennedy -- Supervision from within / Will H. Hays -- Origin and Growth of the Industry / Adolph Zukor -- Financial aspects / Dr Attilio H Giannini -- Production problems / Jesse L. Lasky -- Building a photoplay / Cecil B. deMille -- Short reels and educational subjects / Earle W. Hammons -- The Actor's part / Milton Sills -- Distributing the product / Sidney R. Kent -- Advertising motion pictures / Robert H. Cochrane -- Theatre mangement / Samuel Katz -- The motion picture and vaudeville / Marcus Loew -- Reminiscences and observations / William Fox -- Future developments / Harry M. Warner -- APPENDICES -- A. The lectures -- B. The Film library at Harvard -- C. Bibliography -- Index More info

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