Title:
Cinema : year by year, 1894-2004
Author:
Karney, Robyn.
ISBN:
9780756605087
9781405305778
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2004.
Physical Description:
1016 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
General Note:
"Plus Academy Awards"--Cover.
"This book is an updated version of Chronicle of the cinema, first published in 1995 ... and reprinted with revisions in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 ..."--Title page verso.
Includes indexes.
Contents:
Birth of an industry, 1900 to 1919 -- The silent era, 1920-1929 -- Movies find a voice, 1930 to 1939 -- War and after, 1940 to 1949 -- The swing of the pendulum, 1950 to 1959 -- The New Wave, 1960 to 1969 -- Strange bedfellows, 1970 to 1979 -- The Reagan years, 1980 to 1989 -- Towards the millennium, 1990 to 2004 -- Special features. The development of sound / Joel W. Finler. The studio system / Joel W. Finler. Color and widescreen / Joel W. Finler. -- The Oscar story / Ronald Bergan. Cameras / Joel W. Finler. Box office hits / Joel W. Finler. Reel music / Ronald Bergan. Special effects / Joel W. Finler. The irresistible rise of the independent movie / Edel Brosnan.
Subject Term:
Added Uniform Title:
Chronicle of the cinema.
Electronic Access:
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