CELLULOID

[from cellulose], transparent, colorless synthetic plastic made by treating cellulose nitrate with camphor and alcohol. Celluloid was the first important synthetic plastic and was widely used as a substitute for more expensive substances, such as ivory, amber, horn, and tortoiseshell. It is highly flammable and has been largely superseded by newer plastics with more desirable properties. It has been used for combs, brush handles, billiard balls, knife handles, buttons, and other useful objects.

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books on: Celluloid  - 2142 results

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Celluloid Vampires: Life after Death in the Modern World
Book by Stacey Abbott; University of Texas Press, 2007
Subjects: Vampire Films--History And Criticism
...magician and filmmaker George M61i?s brought forth the first celluloid vampire in his film Le manor du diable (The Haunted Castle...television than through classic literature. How has this legacy of celluloid vampires affected our understanding of vampire mythology...
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Celluloid Wars: A Guide to Film and the American Experience of War
Book by Frank J. Wetta, Stephen J. Curley; Greenwood Press, 1992
Subjects: United States--In Motion Pictures, War Films--United States--Bibliography, War Films--United States--Catalogs, War Films--United States--History And Criticism
...cynicism. Just as Calley had arrived in the war zone with a celluloid standard of conduct, so had Herr. Both men were entirely...knowledge and insights in the classroom for a number of years. Celluloid Wars fills an important place, therefore, both in the literature...
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Celluloid Mushroom Clouds: Hollywood and the Atomic Bomb
Book by Joyce A. Evans; Westview Press, 1998
Subjects: Nuclear Warfare In Motion Pictures
Celluloid Mushroom Clouds
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Celluloid China: Cinematic Encounters with Culture and Society
Book by Harry H. Kuoshu; Southern Illinois University Press, 2002
Subjects: Film Criticism--China, Motion Pictures--China
Celluloid China
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From Celluloid to Cyberspace: The Media Arts and the Changing Arts World
Book by Kevin F. Mccarthy, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje; Rand, 2002
Subjects: Experimental Films, Video Art
...supported by The Rockefeller Foundation. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McCarthy. Kevin E, 1945 From celluloid to cyberspace: the media arts and the changing arts world / Kevin E McCarthy, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje. p.cm. MR...
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journal articles on: Celluloid  - 583 results

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Song Hwee Lim. Celluloid Comrades: Representations of Male Homosexuality in Contemporary Chinese Cinemas
Journal article by Jens Damm; China Review International, Vol. 14, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Celluloid Comrades: Representations of Male Homosexuality in Contemporary Chinese Cinemas (Book)--Book reviews
Song Hwee Lim. Celluloid Comrades: Representations of Male...Cinemas. by Jens Damm Song Hwee Lim. Celluloid Comrades: Representations of Male...8248-2909-4. Song Hwee Lims Celluloid Comrades is one of the most outstanding...
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Salvation in Celluloid: Theology, Imagination, and Film
Journal article by Theresa Sanders; Theological Studies, Vol. 69, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Salvation in Celluloid: Theology, Imagination, and Film (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
Salvation in Celluloid: Theology, Imagination, and Film. by Theresa Sanders SALVATION IN CELLULOID: THEOLOGY, IMAGINATION, AND FILM. By Robert Pope. New York: T. T. Clark, 2007. Pp. viii + 208. $120. Pope surveys contemporary studies...
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From Celluloid to Video: the Tragedy of the Nigerian Film Industry
Journal article by Abiodun Olayiwola; Journal of Film and Video, Vol. 59, 2007
Subjects: Motion picture directors & producers, Motion picture industry, Nigeria, Satellite communications, Structural adjustment, Video industry
From Celluloid to Video: the Tragedy of the Nigerian...Industry by Abiodun Olayiwola IN NIGERIA, CELLULOID DIED A PREMATURE DEATH in the early 1990s...was still in its formative years when celluloid bade us farewell and was replaced by...
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Celluloid City: Diary from an Encounter
Journal article by Eivind Røssaak; Millennium Film Journal, 2009
Subjects: Anthologies, Books, Computer science, Conferences, Documentary films, Essays, New York, New York University, Students
Celluloid City: Diary from an Encounter by Eivind...front door to a mythic America and a celluloid city. It is the sidewalk that pulls...protective sheath, the upper translucent celluloid layer. "The celluloid is a protective...
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The Celluloid Drom: Romani Images in Russian Cinema
Journal article by Edouard Chiline; Framework, Vol. 44, 2003
Subjects: Freedom of speech, Gypsies, Ideology, Nonfiction, Violence
The Celluloid Drom: Romani Images in Russian Cinema...Russian cinema. But long before going celluloid, the Romani people or tzyigane have...sweet, nearly hallucinatory images of celluloid Gypsies. Even though the whole series...
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magazine articles on: Celluloid  - 684 results

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Heavenly Creatures: Philip Kerr Looks Back on the Long Tradition of Blue-Eyed Celluloid Christs
Magazine article by Philip Kerr; New Statesman, Vol. 132, April 21, 2003
Subjects: Actors, Actresses--Grooming, Jesus Christ--Marketing, Motion pictures--Marketing
...on the long tradition of blue-eyed celluloid Christs. by Philip Kerr Its that time...issue of facial hair. Almost all of the celluloid Christs have been bearded hippies. Philip...Frank Sinatra in the role. Not all the celluloid Christs have conducted themselves on...
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Celluloid Spirituality
Magazine article by Larry Witham; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, October 1, 2001
Subjects: Christian Filmmaker Film Festival, Miami, Florida--Evaluation, City of the Angels Film Festival, Los Angeles, California--Evaluation, Damah Film Festival, Seattle, Washington--Evaluation, Film festivals--Evaluation, Flickerings Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois--Evaluation, Johnston, Robert K.--Attitudes, Motion picture industry--Religious aspects, United States Catholic Bishops Conference--Marketing
Celluloid Spirituality by Larry Witham The nations film festivals showcasing independent...Christian themes. A new brand of American film festival is looking for God in celluloid and encouraging young filmmakers to feature spirit on the silver screen...
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Celluloid Wars: Vietnam
Magazine article by Charles Foran; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 112, Summer 2005
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1959-1975--Portrayals, Vietnam--Description and travel, Vietnam--Military aspects, Vietnam--Portrayals, War films--Criticism and interpretation, War in motion pictures--Criticism and interpretation, War movies--Criticism and interpretation
Celluloid Wars: Vietnam. by Charles Foran Until it became involved in the affairs...inflaming passions and inaugurating a new cinematic battle of memories. The celluloid war has raged ever since. Apocalypse Now (1979) ON the flight over...
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Celluloid Family Values: Are Studio Films Liberal or Conservative?
Magazine article by Carl Bromley; The Nation, Vol. 268, April 5, 1999
Subjects: Motion picture industry--Political aspects, Motion pictures--Criticism and interpretation, Movie industry--Political aspects, Movies--Criticism and interpretation
Celluloid Family Values: Are Studio Films Liberal or Conservative? by Carl Bromley...world!" a black cop quips in Rush Hour. Where else but Hollywood, celluloid haven for limousine liberals, would a cop say this? Where else, too...
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Celluloid Soldiers
Magazine article by Neil C. Jones; Soldiers, Vol. 56, December 2001
Subjects: Military personnel, Motion pictures
Celluloid Soldiers by Neil C. Jones "ACTION"... The rain continued to fall, deepening shadows across the graveyard and completing...
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newspaper articles on: Celluloid  - 1233 results

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Celluloid Stars; Early Plastic Toys and Dolls
Newspaper article; Daily Examiner (Grafton, Australia), November 28, 2009
Subjects: Toys
Celluloid Stars; Early Plastic Toys and Dolls. Celluloid was the first of the wonder materials invented during...and although it first served as a substitute for ivory, celluloid was ideal for use in manufacturing dolls and toys. As...
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Celluloid Stinkers
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), June 30, 2007
Celluloid Stinkers. Byline: By Gavin Allen South Wales Echo "shark Attack 3 is...goes downhill from there." At last months event, Highlander 2 was the celluloid stinker of choice and Nicko handed out plastic swords for the audience...
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CELLULOID CITY; the Capital Is Currently the Most Sought-After Backdrop in Cinema - One Shot Can Say Glamour or Sleaze, History or Magic. Here We've Drawn Up the New London, as Caught on Film
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 24, 2005
CELLULOID CITY; the Capital Is Currently the Most Sought-After Backdrop in Cinema...Natalie Portman, and Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction. The map of the celluloid city looks set to grow and grow. RETRO LONDON What: a psychedelic Mike...
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CELLULOID Die You SCREAMS Ghosts the; A Century of Movies Greatest Monsters
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 29, 2011
Subjects: Landis, John, Motion pictures, Movies
CELLULOID Die You SCREAMS Ghosts the; A Century of Movies Greatest Monsters. Byline...once you die you no longer exist is just too disturbing for most of us. CELLULOID "Hence we find tales of ghosts and zombies returning from the dead in...
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Spirituality on Celluloid
Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, August 24, 2001
Spirituality on celluloid by Larry Witham Byline: Larry Witham A new brand of American film festival is looking for God in celluloid and encouraging young filmmakers to feature spirit on the silver screen. Both are on the west coast. Now in its...
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encyclopedia articles on: Celluloid  - 15 results

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Celluloid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CELLULOID from cellulose , transparent, colorless synthetic plastic made by treating cellulose nitrate with camphor and alcohol. Celluloid was the first important synthetic plastic and was widely used as a substitute for more expensive substances...
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Chemical Industry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...industry, plastics for the packaging industry, chemicals and celluloid for the motion picture industry, and artificial rubber for...Advances in the manufacture of plastics led to the invention of celluloid in 1869 and the creation of such products as nylon by Du Pont...
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Hyatt, John Wesley
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...HYATT, JOHN WESLEY 1837 1920, American inventor, b. Starkey, N.Y. He is known especially for his development of celluloid ; with his brothers, he began its manufacture in 1872. He also invented the Hyatt filter, a means of chemically...
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Camphor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...synthesized from -pinene, which is obtained from oil of turpentine. Camphor is widely used as a plasticizer in the manufacture of celluloid and some lacquers. It is used in medicine as a stimulant, a diaphoretic, and an inhalant. Camphor ice is a mixture, containing...
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Jessore
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Bangladesh, on the Bhairab River. Modern Jessore, a market town for rice and sugar, also has rice and oilseed mills and celluloid and plastics industries. Four affiliate colleges of Rajshahi Univ. are in the city...
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