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Chronicles a colourful period in American film history, from the origin of store-front nickleodeons to the establishment of the Motion Picture Patents Company. The study recounts how film companies brought about the emergence of the feature film, and played a role in implementing moral reforms.

Table of Contents
Preface

1 The Nickelodeon
2 A Game of Freeze-out
3 The Recruiting Station of Vice
4 The Films: Alternate Scenes
5 General Filmco and the Pushcart Peddlers
6 Acting: The Camera's Closer View
7 Brand Names and Stars
8 Movie Palaces
9 Trademarks, Titles, Introductions
10 Detours onthe Way to Hollywood
11 The Genre Film
12 The Feature Film
13 The Lid Comes Off
14 Refining the Product
15 Scene Dissection, Spectacle, Film as Art

List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Picture Sources
General Index
Index of Films

The Transformation of Cinema 19071915

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 4 May 1994
      ISBN-13 9780520085343
      978-0520085343
      ISBN-10 0520085345

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Chronicles a colourful period in American film history, from the origin of store-front nickleodeons to the establishment of the Motion Picture Patents Company. The study recounts how film companies brought about the emergence of the feature film, and played a role in implementing moral reforms.

      Table of Contents
      Preface

      1 The Nickelodeon
      2 A Game of Freeze-out
      3 The Recruiting Station of Vice
      4 The Films: Alternate Scenes
      5 General Filmco and the Pushcart Peddlers
      6 Acting: The Camera's Closer View
      7 Brand Names and Stars
      8 Movie Palaces
      9 Trademarks, Titles, Introductions
      10 Detours onthe Way to Hollywood
      11 The Genre Film
      12 The Feature Film
      13 The Lid Comes Off
      14 Refining the Product
      15 Scene Dissection, Spectacle, Film as Art

      List of Abbreviations
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Picture Sources
      General Index
      Index of Films

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