Short History of the Movies, A, 11th edition

Published by Pearson (January 14, 2010) © 2011

  • Gerald Mast University of Chicago
  • Bruce Kawin University of Colorado at Boulder
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A panoramic overview of the worldwide development of film

The 11th edition of A Short History of the Movies continues its long-standing tradition of scrupulously accurate details and jargon-free writing style that has made it the most widely adopted film history textbook.

From the early experiments with motion photography, through the American studio years of the 1930's and 1940's, from Neorealism and the New Wave, up to the present age of digital cinema, A Short History of the Movies provides a comprehensive presentation of the history of cinema.

  • 1. Introductory Assumptions
  • 2. Birth
  • 3. Film Narrative, Commercial Expansion
  • 4. Griffith.
  • 5. Mack Sennett and the Chaplin Shorts
  • 6. Movie Czars and Movie Stars
  • 7. The German Golden Age
  • 8. Soviet Montage
  • 9. Sound
  • 10. France between the Wars
  • 11. The American Studio Years: 1930-45
  • 12. Hollywood in Transition: 1946-65
  • 13. Neorealism, New Wave, and What Followed
  • 14. National Cinemas: 1945-
  • 15. Hollywood Renaissance: 1964-76
  • 16. National Cinemas 2: 1968-
  • 17. The Return of the Myths: 1977-
  • 18. Conglomerates and Videos: 1975-
  • 19. Digital Cinema: 1999-
  • For Further Reading
  • Distributors
  • Glossary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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