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History of the American cinema volume 2
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This volume examines the development of film and the film industry from 1907 to 1915 and the political and economic background that influenced it.
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History of the American cinema volume 8
Pub. Date
c2001
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Examines the issues of this period, including competition with other leisure activities, transformation of the theater, changes in production, and the arrival of conglomerates.
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History of the American cinema volume 1
Pub. Date
c1990
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The Emergence of the Cinema: The American Screen to 1907.
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History of the American cinema volume 6
Pub. Date
1997
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Covers the period of 1939-1949, when the film industry came to grips with the development of the documentary, a shift to independent production, renewed government antitrust activity, and the emergence of television as a competitor.
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History of the American cinema volume 10
Pub. Date
c2000
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Looks at the effects of video-cassettes and cable television on Hollywood, and the idiosyncratic visions of newcomers like Spike Lee and Tim Burton.
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History of the American cinema volume 4
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c1997
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Chronicles the film industry's transition from silent films to sound cinema.
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History of the American cinema volume 5
Pub. Date
c1993
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Studies the advent of color, big musicals, the studio system and the beginning of institutionalized censorship which made the thirties the defining decade for Hollywood, the decade that ended with "The Greatest Year in Motion Pictures" - the year of "Gone With the Wind", "The Wizard of Oz", "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" and other classics.
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History of the American cinema volume 7
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c2003
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Explores the challenges American cinema faced in the 1950's from the divorce of production companies from theater chains forced by an anti- trust decision, to the growth of television.
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History of the American cinema volume 3
Pub. Date
c1990
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Chronicles how theatrical feature films dominated newly developed movie palaces, how expressive film faces became household names, and how Hollywood became the center of film as a major growth industry.
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History of the American cinema volume 9
Pub. Date
c2000
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Looks at how the emergence of new technology, such as steadicam and Dolby sound, and a new generation of talent challenged the old ways, with films like "Nashville" and "Five Easy Pieces".
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