Before Hollywood From Shadow Play to the Silver Screen

Name: Before Hollywood From Shadow Play to the Silver Screen
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ISBN: 9780618445332

ISBN-10: 0618445331

ISBN-13: 9780618445332

Edition: 2005

Authors: Paul Clee

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Illustrated with black-and-white archival prints, drawings, and photographs From the simple camera obscura of the 1500s to the 17th century"s giant magic lanterns to the early films of Thomas Edison and the Lumiere brothers in the late 1800s, here is an intriguing story of invention and showmanship. Many of the techniques adopted by Hollywood were worked out by tinkerers, lanternists, and magicians in front of shocked and amazed audiences long before the first flickering black-and-white film was ever shown. This fascinating book explains how today"s movies--as well as photographs, special effects, and animation--came to be. Peppered with first-hand accounts and newspaper reports, excerpts…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/12/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 9.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Paul Clee has been a college instructor of English, humanities, and photography. His book Photography and the Making of the American West (Linnet Books/Shoe String Press) was named a 2004 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People. He lives in Eureka, California.