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book		Buster Keaton / David Robinson London: Secker & Warburg in association with the British Film Institute, 1969. Call No: 81KEA ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Place: London Publisher: Secker & Warburg in association with the British Film Institute PubDate: 1969 PhysDes: 199 p. : ill. ; 20 cm Series: Cinema one ; 10 Subject: KEATON, BUSTER ISBN: 0436098814 LON: 79392675; 839842 More info
book		Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari / David Robinson London: British Film Institute, 1997. Call No: 79CAB ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: 79 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 19 cm Series: BFI film classics Subject: CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI, DAS (G, Robert Wiene, 1920) 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, 1985. Call No: 81CHA ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: London Publisher: Collins PubDate: 1985 PhysDes: 792 p., [80] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm Subject: CHAPLIN, CHARLES 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., 1996. 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. PubDate: 1996 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, 1969. Call No: 732 ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: London Publisher: Studio Vista PubDate: 1969 PhysDes: 160 p. illus., ports. 19 cm Subject: COMEDIES ISBN: 0289796431 LON: 720171 More info
book		The history of world cinema New York: Stein and Day, [1973]. Call No: 70 ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: New York Publisher: Stein and Day PubDate: [1973] PhysDes: xv, 440 p. illus. 24 cm Subject: PRE-CINEMA HISTORY; HISTORY OF CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; REALISM IN FILMS Notes: "Selected filmographies": p. [356]-417; Bibliography: p. [418]-422 ISBN: 0812814762 LON: 780224 More info
book		Movies of the forties / edited by Ann Lloyd ; consultant editor David Robinson London: Orbis Pub., c1982. Call No: 70 MOV Author: Robinson, David, 1930; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Orbis Pub. PubDate: c1982 PhysDes: 219 p. : ill. ; 30 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's Notes: Includes filmographies and index ISBN: 0856134546 LON: 2471768 More info
book		Movies of the forties / edited by Ann Lloyd ; consultant editor David Robinson London: Orbis Publishing, 1982. Call No: 70 MOV Author: Robinson, David, 1930; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Orbis Publishing PubDate: 1982 PhysDes: 219 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's; ENFANTS DU PARADIS, LES (FR, Marcel Carne, 1945); HAWKS, HOWARD; BERGMAN, INGRID; ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO; VISCONTI, LUCHINO; DE SICA, VITTORIO; WELLES, ORSON; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941); LADRI DI BICICLETTE (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1949); WYLER, WILLIAM; GOLDWYN, SAMUEL; REED, CAROL; THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949); Powell, Michael; GUINNESS, ALEC; KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (UK, Robert Hamer, 1949); Lean, David; HUSTON, JOHN; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941); BOGART, HUMPHREY; GARFIELD, JOHN; HAYWORTH, RITA; KELLY, GENE; DONEN, STANLEY; GARLAND, JUDY; BALCON, MICHAEL; DISNEY, WALT; MCLAREN, NORMAN; WELLMAN, WILLIAM; STURGES, PRESTON; HEPBURN, KATHARINE; WALSH, RAOUL Summary: A look at film in the 1940s with short chapters devoted to films, filmmakers, actors and genres of the period, as well as reports on non-US cinemas. Notes: Includes index. Includes filmographies. ISBN: 0856134546 More info
book		Movies of the seventies / edited by Ann Lloyd ; consultant editor David Robinson London: Orbis, 1984. Call No: 70 MOV Author: Robinson, David, 1930; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Orbis PubDate: 1984 PhysDes: 224 p. : ill. ; 30 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1970's 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., 1983. Call No: 70 MOV Author: Robinson, David, 1930; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Orbis Pub. PubDate: 1983 PhysDes: 225 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1960's 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, 1983. Call No: 70 MOV Author: Robinson, David, 1930; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Orbis PubDate: 1983 PhysDes: 225 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's 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, 1990?]. Call No: 383.3 ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Place: [Pordenone?] Publisher: Le Giornate del cinema muto PubDate: 1990?] 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, 1981. Call No: 70 ROB Author: Robinson, David, 1930 Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded Place: London Publisher: Eyre Methuen PubDate: 1981 PhysDes: xv, 494 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA 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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