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Informationen zum Autor Richard Abel is National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of English at Drake University. His books include French Cinema: The First Wave! 1915-1929 (1984)! winner of the Theatre Library Association Award! and French Film Theory and Criticism: A History/Anthology! 1907-1939 (1988)! winner of the Jay Leyda Prize in Cinema Studies. Klappentext This updated edition of Richard Abel's magisterial history of French cinema between 1896 and 1914 is based on extensive investigation of rare archival films and documents. "A valuable! richly detailed film history! one that is the fullest account in English and the most up to date in any language".--Charles Rearick! AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW. 130 illustrations. Zusammenfassung Presents the history of French cinema between 1896 and 1914, particularly during the years when Pathe-Freres, the first major corporation in the industry, led the world in film production and distribution. This book tells how early French film entertainment changed from a cinema of attractions to the narrative format that Hollywood would exploit. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations Preface Note to the 1998 Edition Acknowledgments Note on Terms 1. Turn-of-the-Century France 2. The French Cinema Industry, 1896-1914 The Big Four, 1896-I902 Pathé Comes to Power, 1902-1907 Strategies of Dominance, 1907-1911 Strategies of Survival, 1911-1914 3 The Cinema of Attractions, 1896-1904 Trick Films and Féeries Comic Films Diverging Paths: From Actualités to Historical and Realist Films 4. The Transition to a Narrative Cinema, 1904-1907 The Bricolage Model The Comic Chase Film and Company The Pleasure and Pain of Just Looking: Erotic Films and Others The Dramatic and Realist Films Dissemination and Difference The Cinema of Attractions (continued) 5. The Pre-Feature, Single-Reel Story Film, 1907-1911 Contemporary Melodramas: Light and Dark Variants Comics Come in Series Film d'Art and Films d'Art: The Historical Film and the Literary Adaptation Trick Films and Féeries 6. The Rise of the Feature Film, 1911-1914 The Historical Film Comes of Age Life As It Is: In and Out of Fashion Crime Pays: Detectives Versus Criminals The Comic Series in Full Swing Afterword Filmography Notes Bibliography Index ...
