A million and one nights : a history of the motion picture / Terry Ramsaye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramsaye, Terry, 1885-1954.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Silent films--United States--History and criticism.

Silent films.

Cinematography--History.

Cinematography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1041 p.)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : F. Cass, [1964] c1954.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Published in the year 1964, A Million and One Nights is a valuable contribution o the field of History.

Contents:

Cover; A MILLION AND ONE NIGHTS: A HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE; Copyright; PREFACE; FOREWORD THE ART AND ITS AUDIENCE; CONTENTS; THE PREHISTORY OF THE SCREEN; CHAPTER ONE FROM ARISTOTLE TO PHILADELPHIA, PA; CHAPTER TWO MUYBRIDGE IN MYTH AND MURDER; CHAPTER THREE IN THE HOUSE OF THE WIZARD; CHAPTER FOUR IT MOVES!-OCTOBER 6, 1889; CHAPTER FIVE 150 SAVED; AN EMPIRE LOST; CHAPTER SIX WONDERS OF THE WORLD'S FAIR; CHAPTER SEVEN BLACK'S PRE-FILM PICTUREPLAY; CHAPTER EIGHT TWO GALLANTS FROM VIRGINIA; CHAPTER NINE DANCING BUTTERFLIES -INTRIGUE; CHAPTER TEN MAJOR LATHAM CHALLENGES

CHAPTER ELEVEN ARMAT ATTAINS THE SCREENCHAPTER TWELVE PAUL AND ""THE TIME MACHINE""; CHAPTER THIRTEEN LUMIÈRE'S SIXTEEN -A- SECOND; CHAPTER FOURTEEN ROMANCES OF THE LATHAMS; CHAPTER FIFTEEN THE LEGEND OF RICHMOND; CHAPTER SIXTEEN BIOGRAPH STARTS WITH A PUNCH; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN A TRADE SECRET OF 1896; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN FIRST NIGHT ON BROADWAY; CHAPTER NINETEEN THE INVASION O F LONDON; CHAPTER TWENTY FIRST PSALM OF THE CINEMA; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE A DANCE FROM CAIRO AND A KISS; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO VAUDEVILLE ADOPTS THE FILMS; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE RECRUITING THE PIONEERS

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR WHEN CORBETT FOUGHT ""RUBY ROBERT""CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE THE LATHAM STAR DECLINES; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX CHICAGO-SPOOR AND SELIG; CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN THE LAWLESS FILM FRONTIER; CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT McKINLEY-BIOGRAPH'S FIRST NIGHT; CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE BARNUM'S GRANDSON ENTERTAINS; CHAPTER THIRTY ''EDISON, JR.,'' ON THE SPANISH MAIN; CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE THE CHARITY BAZAAR FIRE; CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO MARSHALL FIELD AND A BOOK AGENT; CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE THE SAGA OF CALVARY; CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUD AND THEN THE FIGHT STARTED; CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE BLACKTON, SMITH AND ROCK

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX MELIES MAGIC AND THE PIRATESCHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN ALASKA, WAR AND TAMMANY; CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT BRIGHT LIGHTS AND DARK DEEDS; CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE THE ''STORY PICTURE'' IS BORN; CHAPTER FORTY THE SCREEN THEATRE ARRIVES; CHAPTER FORTY-ONE ROOSEVELT AND DOCKSTADER; CHAPTER FORTY-TWO WHEN ACTORS SCORNED THE SCREEN; CHAPTER FORTY-THREE CARL LAEMMLE TAKES A CHANCE; CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR ENTER D. W. GRIFFITH WITH MSS; CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE KALEM AND THE FIRST ''BEN HUR''; CHAPTER FORTY-SIX JEREMIAH J. KENNEDY, HARDBOILED; CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN AND NOW COMES CENSORSHIP

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT THE TRUST WAR BEGINSCHAPTER FORTY-NINE INTRODUCING MARY PICKFORD; CHAPTER FIFTY GRIFFITH EVOLVES SCREEN SYNTAX; CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE T. R. GETS NATURE-FAKED, AGAIN; CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO IMP KIDNAPS TRUST STAR; CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE THE DISCOVERY OF CALIFORNIA; CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR A COWBOY, AN UNDERTAKER, ET AL; CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE THE LATHAMS' LAST DAY; CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX ADVENTURES OF KINEMACOLOR; CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN TOM INCE RAISES A MOUSTACHE; CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT HERRING, DIAMONDS AND SELZNICK; CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE ADOLPH ZUKOR AND SARAH BERNHARDT

CHAPTER SIXTY THE GISHES, ""PINK"" AND ""BLUE""

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-136-24744-0

0-203-04206-9

1-283-85258-6

1-136-24737-8

9780203042069

OCLC:

819635651