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| Preface | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Beginnings | |
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| Griffith and His Contemporaries: 1908 1920 | |
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| American Cinema in the 1920s | |
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| Major Filmmakers Talkies | |
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| European Cinema in the 1920s | |
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| Soviet Union Germany France | |
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| The Hollywood Studio System | |
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| The Box Office | |
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| The Studio System | |
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| The Star System | |
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| The System of Genres | |
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| American Cinema in the 1930s | |
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| The Talkie Era New Genres: Gangster Pictures, Musicals, Screwball Comedy Major Filmmakers | |
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| European Cinema in the 1930s | |
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| Germany Great Britian France | |
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| American Cinema in the 1940s | |
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| Decline of the Studio System World War II Major Filmmakers Film Noir and Postwar Realism | |
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| European Cinema in the 1940s | |
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| Germany France Soviet Union Great Britian Italy | |
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| American Cinema in the 1950s | |
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| New Screens The Red Scare Social Realism Method Acting Major Filmmakers | |
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| International Cinema in the 1950s | |
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| Japan Ingmar Bergman Federico Fellini France | |
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| American Cinema in the 1960s | |
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| The Bloated Era Major Filmmakers New Directions | |
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| International Cinema in the 1960s | |
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| France Great Britian Italy Eastern Europe | |
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| American Cinema in the 1970s | |
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| The Vietnam-Watergate Era | |
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| The New Cinema Major Figures | |
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| International Cinema in the 1970s | |
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| Great Britian France West Germany Italy Eastern Europe Australia | |
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| The Third World | |
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| American Cinema in the 1980s | |
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| Technology and the Marketplace | |
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| The Reagan Era | |
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| The Mainstream | |
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| The Mavericks | |
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| International Cinema in the 1980s | |
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| Great Britian Western Europe U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe | |
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| The Third World Japan | |
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| American Cinema in the 1990s | |
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| The Hollywood Studios | |
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| The Bright Side Major Filmmakers | |
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| The Independent Cinema | |
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| International Cinema in the 1990s | |
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| Hollywood Uber Alles Great Britian Ireland Continental Europe Emerging Cinemas Australia and New Zealand | |
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| Global Cinema since 2000 | |
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| Europe Islamic Cinema Hong Kong/China United States | |
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| The Hollywood Studios Technology and the Marketplace | |
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| Major Figures and Trends Emerging Artists Glossary Index | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |