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By gaslight in winter : a Victorian family history through the magic lantern / Colin Gordon ; designed by Craig Dodd London: Elm Tree Books, 1980.
Call No: 70"00"(41) GORAuthor: Gordon, Colin Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Elm Tree BooksPubDate: 1980PhysDes: 128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmSubject: PRE-CINEMA HISTORY Summary: Reproduction of hand-coloured photographic Victorian lantern slides by the Riley Brothers in Bradford - 'The largest magic lantern outfitters in the world'Notes: Includes bibliographical referencesISBN: 0241104742Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: Introduction -- Street life -- Life-model -- Excursions, rambles and tours
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Canvas Documentaries : panoramic entertainments in nineteenth-century Australia and New Zealand / by Mimi Colligan Carlton South, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 2002.
Call No: 761(931/94)(097.1) COLAuthor: Colligan, Mimi Source: ATPlace: Carlton South, Vic.Publisher: Melbourne University PressPubDate: 2002PhysDes: xvi, 250 p. : ill. (some col.), ports, plans ; 22 cm x 28 cmSubject: ART AND THE CINEMA ; DOCUMENTARIES ; PRE-CINEMA HISTORY ; AUSTRALIA ; NEW ZEALAND ; ENTERTAINMENT. AUSTRALIA Summary: "Long before cinema was invented, people went to picture shows. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Britain, Europe and America they were treated to dramatic pictorial spectacles. Audiences might be encircled by vast 360-degree canvases, or seated before continuous images drawn across a proscenium, or gathered in amusement parks to watch painted 3-D structures come 'alive' with the explosion of fireworks overhead. The sense of realism was enhanced by back-lighting, running commentaries and props such as real sand and trees. These spectacular representations of scenery, current events or recent battles abroad were indeed documentaries on canvas-the first travelogues. The phenomenon of complex circular panoramas and dioramas took root in Australia and New Zealand in the 1850s. They drew enthusiastic crowds, brought good work for local artists, and propogated the glories of empire in all the capital cities they toured. Canvas Documentaries captures the artistic, civic and social preoccupations of the times. Generously illustrated with paintings, etchings, engravings, mechanical drawings, architectural plans, photographs and advertising material, this beautiful book is a window on the vibrant popular culture of the Victorian era. " -- BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes bibiographical references and index; Bibliography: p 236-240ISBN: 0522850197Contents: -- acknowledgments -- picture show terminology -- preface -- introduction -- 1. Grand Tours for a Shilling: The English background -- 2. Moving Panoramas: Presenting the world and local exploits -- 3. Panorama Business: Far-off battles and armchair travel -- 4. Across the Stage: Moving panoramas in Australian theatre -- 5. Vesuvius in Melbourne: Outdoor modelled panoramas and fireworks -- 6. Pompeii in Australia: Pain's pyrotechnics and modelled panoramas -- 7. At the Battles: Cycloramas in Australia -- 8. Exhibiting Old Melbourne: The cyclorama of early Melbourne -- 9. Around the Country: The intercolonial cyclorama circuit -- 10. On the Move: The decline of panoramic picture shows -- list of illustrations -- notes -- select bibliography -- index --
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The dream that kicks : the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain / Michael Chanan London Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980.
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Eyes, Lies and Illusions : drawn from the Werner Nekes Collection / Laurent Mannoni, Werner Nekes, Marina Warner Melbourne: Australian Centre for the Moving Image, 2006.
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The history of world cinema New York: Stein and Day, [1973].
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"Image" on the art and evolution of the film : photographs and articles from the magazine of the International Museum of Photography / edited by Marshall Deutelbaum New York: Dover Publications, 1979.
Call No: 70"01" IMAAuthor: Deutelbaum, Marshall CorpAuthor: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House; Image (Rochester, N.Y.)Place: New YorkPublisher: Dover PublicationsPubDate: 1979PhysDes: viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 29 cmSubject: PRE-CINEMA HISTORY ; PROJECTION ; EDISON, THOMAS ALVA ; LUMIERE, AUGUSTE & LOUIS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD ; DENMARK ; STILLS ; NIELSEN, ASTA ; EDISON, THOMAS ALVA ; SWEET, BLANCHE ; KEYSTONE ; LUBITSCH, ERNST ; DEMILLE, CECIL B. ; PICKFORD, MARY ; BROOKS, LOUISE ; PABST, GEORG WILHELM ; TITLING ; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI ; Keaton, Buster ; LLOYD, HAROLD ; HOWE, W.J. ; MOHR, HAL ; TERRY, ALICE ; NOVARRO, RAMON ; ANDERSON, BRONCHO BILLY ; MIX, TOM ; HART, WILLIAM S. ; MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD ; INCE, THOMAS HARPER ; LONEDALE OPERATOR, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1911) ; WHITE ROSE, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1923) ; PAINTED LADY, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1912) ; CHAMBER MYSTERY, THE (US, Abraham S. Schomer, 1920) ; SMOULDERING FIRES (US, Clarence Brown, 1925) ; BLAUE LICHT, DAS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1932) ; BUCHSE DER PANDORA, DIE (G, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929) ; GREED (US, Erich von Stroheim, 1925) ; CROWD, THE (US, King Vidor, 1928) Notes: "Consists substantially of articles originally published in Image between 1952 and 1977."; Includes indexISBN: 048623777X : $8.95LON: 1468042
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Life story of Thomas Alva Edison / by Francis Arthur Jones New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1931.
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Light and shadows : a history of motion pictures / Thomas W. Bohn, and Richard L. Stromgren, with the assistance of Daniel H. Johnson Port Washington, N.Y.: Alfred Pub. Co., [1975].
Call No: 70 BOHAuthor: Bohn, Thomas W., 1941 ; Stromgren, Richard L., 1932-, joint author ; Johnson, Daniel H., 1940-, joint author Place: Port Washington, N.Y.Publisher: Alfred Pub. Co.PubDate: [1975]PhysDes: xvii, 537 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: HISTORY OF CINEMA ; NEOREALISM ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD ; PRODUCTION COMPANIES & STUDIOS. USA ; DOCUMENTARIES ; PRE-CINEMA HISTORY ; NOUVELLE VAGUE ; COMEDIANS Notes: Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 513-520ISBN: 088284024X : $8.00LON: 737594
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Movement in two dimensions : a study of the animated and projected pictures which preceded the invention of cinematography / Olive Cook London: Hutchinson, 1963.
Call No: 70"00" COOAuthor: Cook, Olive Place: LondonPublisher: HutchinsonPubDate: 1963PhysDes: 142 p., 13 leaves of plates ; 26 cmSubject: ANIMATION ; PRE-CINEMA HISTORY Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p.137-138LON: 3685398
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The origins of the motion picture : an introductory booklet on the pre-history of the cinema / by David B. Thomas London: H.M.S.O., 1964.
Call No: 70"00" THOAuthor: Thomas, D. B. (David Bowen) Place: LondonPublisher: H.M.S.O.PubDate: 1964PhysDes: 32 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSubject: PRE-CINEMA HISTORY Notes: At head of title: Science Museum; Bibliography on endpaperISBN: 0112901913LON: 3130819
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A Pictorial history of the movies : revised and enlarged / By Deems Taylor, Marcelene Peterson and Bryant Hale. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.
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Wandering the king's highway : Peter Dawson's first Australian Tour 1909-1910 with Amy Castles' Concert Party / Professor Jeff Brownrigg Canberra: National Screen and Sound Archive, 2004.
Call No: 243.32 BROAuthor: Brownrigg, Jeff Edition: 2004Place: CanberraPublisher: National Screen and Sound ArchivePubDate: 2004PhysDes: 32 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSeries: ScreenSound Australia MonographsSubject: PRE-CINEMA HISTORY ISBN: 0642365199
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