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book		Buster Keaton / David Robinson London: Secker & Warburg in association with the British Film Institute, Call No: 81KEA ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Place: London Publisher: Secker & Warburg in association with the British Film Institute PhysDes: 199 p. : ill. ; 20 cm ISBN: 436098814 LON: 79392675; 839842 More info
book		Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari / David Robinson London: British Film Institute, Call No: 79CAB ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PhysDes: 79 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 19 cm Notes: Includes bibliographic references ISBN: 0851706452; 0851706452 (pbk) : ¦6.99 (Nov.) Order Received: 1998 LON: abn97229060; 13314232 More info
book		Chaplin : his life and art / David Robinson London: Collins, Call No: 81CHA ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: London Publisher: Collins PhysDes: 792 p., [80] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm Notes: Includes index; Filmography: p. 699-745; Bibliography: p. 778-782 ISBN: 000216387X : ª15.00 LON: bnb00216387; 3712863 More info
Yet to catalogue book		From peep show to palace : the birth of American film / David Robinson ; foreword by Martin Scorsese New York: Columbia University Press in association with the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Call No: 71(73) ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: New York Publisher: Columbia University Press in association with the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. PhysDes: xiv, 213 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm Summary: From Peep Show to Palace recounts the enchanting early years of film, beginning with the primitive motion of the "magic lantern" in the fifteenth century and contining, most significantly, with the explosion of research from 1893 to 1913, when the modern motion picture was born. Respected film critic David Robinson offers this vivid account of the haphazard process, "like the assembly of the pieces of a puzzle," which was the birth of American film Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-180) and index ISBN: 0231103387 (alk. paper) LON: 95019014; 11660711 More info
book		The great funnies : a history of film comedy London: Studio Vista, Call No: 732 ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: London Publisher: Studio Vista PhysDes: 160 p. illus., ports. 19 cm ISBN: 289796431 LON: 720171 More info
book		The history of world cinema New York: Stein and Day, Call No: 70 ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: New York Publisher: Stein and Day PhysDes: xv, 440 p. illus. 24 cm Notes: Selected filmographies: p. [356]-417; Bibliography: p. [418]-422 ISBN: 812814762 LON: 780224 More info
book		Movies of the forties / edited by Ann Lloyd ; consultant editor David Robinson London: Orbis Pub., Call No: 70 MOV Author: Robinson, David, 1930; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Orbis Pub. PhysDes: 219 p. : ill. ; 30 cm Notes: Includes filmographies and index ISBN: 856134546 LON: 2471768 More info
book		Movies of the seventies / edited by Ann Lloyd ; consultant editor David Robinson London: Orbis, Call No: 70 MOV Author: Robinson, David, 1930; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Orbis PhysDes: 224 p. : ill. ; 30 cm Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0856136409; 0856139742 (pbk.) LON: 3740469 More info
book		Movies of the sixties / edited by Ann Lloyd ; consultant editor, David Robinson London: Orbis Pub., Call No: 70 MOV Author: Robinson, David, 1930; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Orbis Pub. PhysDes: 225 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0856135224 : ª7.95 LON: 3097228 More info
book		Movies of the thirties / edited by Ann Lloyd ; consultant editor, David Robinson London: Orbis, Call No: 70 MOV Author: Robinson, David, 1930; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Orbis PhysDes: 225 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0856135232 : ª7.95 LON: 3101635 More info
book		Music of the shadows : the use of musical accompaniment in silent films, 1896-1936 / David Robinson [Pordenone?]: Le Giornate del cinema muto, Call No: 383.3 ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: [Pordenone?] Publisher: Le Giornate del cinema muto PhysDes: 111 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Notes: Text in English with Italian translation; "Musica delle ombre"--Cover; Supplement to: Griffithiana no. 38/39, October, 1990; Catalogue of an exhibition held at Giornate del cinema muto, Pordenone, 1990 LON: abn92220102; 9147914 More info
book		World cinema : a short history / David Robinson London: Eyre Methuen, Call No: 70 ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded Place: London Publisher: Eyre Methuen PhysDes: xv, 494 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm Notes: First published in 1973 by Eyre Methuen Ltd; Includes index; Selected filmographies: p. [401]-471 ISBN: 0413480305; 0413348903 (pbk.) LON: 2320496 2320496 2431039 More info

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