The transformation of cinema, 1907-1915 / Eileen Bowser.

Author/creator Bowser, Eileen
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Scribner ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1990.
Descriptionxii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects

SeriesHistory of the American cinema ; v. 2
History of the American cinema ; v. 2. ^A594702
Contents The nickelodeon -- A game of freeze-out -- The recruiting station of vice -- The films : alternate scenes -- General filmco and the pushcart peddlers -- Acting : the camera's closer view -- Brand names and stars -- Movie palaces -- Trademarks, titles, introductions -- Detours on the way to Hollywood -- The genre film -- The feature film -- The lid comes off -- Refining the product -- Scene dissection, spectacle, film as art.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-300) and indexes.
LCCN 90048306
ISBN0684184141 (alk. paper) :