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book		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) GOR Author: Gordon, Colin Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Elm Tree Books PubDate: 1980 PhysDes: 128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm Subject: 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 references ISBN: 0241104742 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 Contents: Introduction -- Street life -- Life-model -- Excursions, rambles and tours More info
book		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) COL Author: Colligan, Mimi Source: AT Place: Carlton South, Vic. Publisher: Melbourne University Press PubDate: 2002 PhysDes: xvi, 250 p. : ill. (some col.), ports, plans ; 22 cm x 28 cm Subject: 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 JACKET Notes: Includes bibiographical references and index; Bibliography: p 236-240 ISBN: 0522850197 Contents: -- 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 -- More info
Yet to catalogue book		The dream that kicks : the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain / Michael Chanan London Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. Call No: 71 (41) CHA Author: Chanan, Michael Source: UK Place: London Boston Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul PubDate: 1980 PhysDes: 353 p. ; 23 cm Subject: HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. UK; INDUSTRY, TV. UK; ENTERTAINMENT. UK; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. UK; PRE-CINEMA HISTORY. UK; PERCEPTION; IDEOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; CONSUMERISM AND THE CINEMA; AUDIENCES; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA; MUSIC HALL Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 331-336 ISBN: 0710003196 LON: 1738702 1829453 Contents: Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: The dialectic of invention -- Part 3: Music hall and popular culture -- Part 4: Middle-class culture and its influences -- Part 5: The early years -- Part 6: The dream that kicks -- Bibliography More info
book		Eyes, Lies and Illusions : drawn from the Werner Nekes Collection / Laurent Mannoni, Werner Nekes, Marina Warner Melbourne: Australian Centre for the Moving Image, 2006. Call No: 175EYE MAN Author: Mannoni, Laurent; Nekes, Werner; Warner, Marina Source: AT Place: Melbourne Publisher: Australian Centre for the Moving Image PubDate: 2006 PhysDes: 239 p. ; ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm Subject: PRE-CINEMA HISTORY Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-239) ISBN: 192080515X 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		"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" IMA Author: Deutelbaum, Marshall CorpAuthor: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House; Image (Rochester, N.Y.) Place: New York Publisher: Dover Publications PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 29 cm Subject: 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 index ISBN: 048623777X : $8.95 LON: 1468042 More info
Old collection book		Life story of Thomas Alva Edison / by Francis Arthur Jones New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1931. Call No: 81EDI JON Author: Jones, Francis Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap PubDate: c1931 PhysDes: viii, 405 p. : illus. ; 21 cm Subject: EDISON, THOMAS ALVA; PRE-CINEMA HISTORY; PROJECTION Language: English More info
book		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 BOH Author: 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 cm Subject: 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. 513-520 ISBN: 088284024X : $8.00 LON: 737594 More info
book		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" COO Author: Cook, Olive Place: London Publisher: Hutchinson PubDate: 1963 PhysDes: 142 p., 13 leaves of plates ; 26 cm Subject: ANIMATION; PRE-CINEMA HISTORY Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p.137-138 LON: 3685398 More info
book		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" THO Author: Thomas, D. B. (David Bowen) Place: London Publisher: H.M.S.O. PubDate: 1964 PhysDes: 32 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Subject: PRE-CINEMA HISTORY Notes: At head of title: Science Museum; Bibliography on endpaper ISBN: 0112901913 LON: 3130819 More info
Interim book		A Pictorial history of the movies : revised and enlarged / By Deems Taylor, Marcelene Peterson and Bryant Hale. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Call No: 70(084) TAY Author: Taylor, Deems; Peterson, Marcelene; Hale, Bryant Edition: First revised edition Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Simon and Schuster PubDate: 1950 PhysDes: viii, 376 p. :ill ; 26 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA; PRE-CINEMA HISTORY; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK Notes: Includes Academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences, Annual award winners 1927-1949. Includes index p.366-376 More info
book		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 BRO Author: Brownrigg, Jeff Edition: 2004 Place: Canberra Publisher: National Screen and Sound Archive PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 32 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Series: ScreenSound Australia Monographs Subject: PRE-CINEMA HISTORY ISBN: 0642365199 More info

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