Before the nickelodeon Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company /
Musser, Charles.
Before the nickelodeon Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company / [world wide web resource] : Charles Musser. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c1991. - Web resource (591 p.). - The UCLA Film and Television Archive studies in history, criticism, and theory . - UCLA Film and Television Archive studies in history, criticism, and theory. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-550) and indexes.
Introduction -- Porter's Early Years: 1870-1896 -- Edison and the Kinetoscope: 1888-1895 -- Cinema, a screen novelty: 1895-1897 -- Producer and exhibitor as co-creators: 1897-1900 -- The production company assumes greater control: 1900-1902 -- A close look at 'Life of an American Fireman': 1902-1903 -- Story films become the dominant product: 1903-1904 -- Articulating an old-middle-class ideology: 1904-1905 -- Elaborating on the established mode of representation: 1905-1907 -- As cinema becomes mass entertainment, Porter resists: 1907-1908 -- Edison lets Porter go: 1908-1909 -- Postscript -- Appendices.
0520060806 (alk. paper) 0520069862 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520060807
90011045
Porter, Edwin S.--Criticism and interpretation.
Porter, Edwin S.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Silent films--History and criticism--United States
Motion pictures--History--United States
Films, cinema
Miscellaneous items
Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Production (Arts) United States
Before the nickelodeon Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company / [world wide web resource] : Charles Musser. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c1991. - Web resource (591 p.). - The UCLA Film and Television Archive studies in history, criticism, and theory . - UCLA Film and Television Archive studies in history, criticism, and theory. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-550) and indexes.
Introduction -- Porter's Early Years: 1870-1896 -- Edison and the Kinetoscope: 1888-1895 -- Cinema, a screen novelty: 1895-1897 -- Producer and exhibitor as co-creators: 1897-1900 -- The production company assumes greater control: 1900-1902 -- A close look at 'Life of an American Fireman': 1902-1903 -- Story films become the dominant product: 1903-1904 -- Articulating an old-middle-class ideology: 1904-1905 -- Elaborating on the established mode of representation: 1905-1907 -- As cinema becomes mass entertainment, Porter resists: 1907-1908 -- Edison lets Porter go: 1908-1909 -- Postscript -- Appendices.
0520060806 (alk. paper) 0520069862 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520060807
90011045
Porter, Edwin S.--Criticism and interpretation.
Porter, Edwin S.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Silent films--History and criticism--United States
Motion pictures--History--United States
Films, cinema
Miscellaneous items
Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Production (Arts) United States