American Cinema, 1890-1909: Themes and Variations

The essays in American Cinema 1890-1909 explore and define how the making of motion pictures flowered into an industry that would finally become the central entertainment institution of the world. Beginning with all the early types of pictures that moved, this volume tells the story of the invention and consolidation of the various processes that gave rise to what we now call "cinema."

Author(s): André Gaudreault
Published: 2009
Categories: Performing Arts