Filmmakers have often encouraged us to regard people with physical disabilities in terms of
pity, awe, humor, or fearas" Others" who somehow deserve to be isolated from the rest of …

" The Transformation of Cinema chronicles the history of the American film business from the
days of storefront nickelodeons to the premiere of DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation …

In this deeply researched and vividly written volume, Melvyn Stokes illuminates the origins,
production, reception and continuing history of this ground-breaking, aesthetically brilliant …

This encyclopedia presents a wealth of information on early cinema history, with coverage of
the techniques and equipment of film production, profiles of the pioneering directors and …

Between 1908 and 1913, DW Griffith played a key role in the reformulating of film's narrative
techniques, thus contributing to the creation of what we now think of as the classical …

The period 1907–1913 marks a crucial transitional moment in American cinema. As moving
picture shows changed from mere novelty to an increasingly popular entertainment …

Dic: keA~. Ci. illifh. ClAd film IheG", IodCl." Rick Altman****** Thus Sergei Eisenstein opens
his classic essay on" Dickens, Griffith, and the Film Today":" The kettle began it...." Thus …

Covering everything from Edison to Avatar, Gomery and Pafort-Overduin have written the
clearest, best organized, and most user-friendly film history textbook on the market. It …

A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era–beliefs began to assume greater
responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the …

The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry is a completely revised and
updated edition of Anthony Slide's The American Film Industry, originally published in 1986 …