The History of Motion Pictures

Table of contents

• Title Page ii
• Contents v
• Foreword xi
• Translator's Note *
• Part One - The Birth of the Film 1895-1908 1
• Part Two - The Prewar Film 1908-1914 37
• Part Three - The Cinema during the World War 1914-1918 91
• 1 - The Italian Film 95
• 2 - The American Film 98
• 3 - The French Film 127
• 4 - The German Film and the Danish Film 134
• 5 - The Swedish Film 136
• 6 - The Russian Film 140
• Part Four - The Emergence of an Art 1919-1923 145
• 1 - The French Film 147
• 2 - The Russian Film 168
• 4 - The German Film 187
• 5 - The Italian Film 196
• 6 - The American Film 199
• Part Five - The Classic Era of the Silent Film 1923-1929 223
• 1 - The French Film 225
• 2 - The German Film 251
• 3 - The Scandinavian Film 263
• 4 - The Russian Film 266
• 5 - The American Film 283
• 6 - The Death of Art 300
• Part Six - The Talking Films 1929-1935 303
• 1 - The American Film 305
• 3 - The German Film 341
• 4 - The Russian Film 353
• 5 - A World Industry 361
• Part Seven - Forty Years of Film 367
• Editorial Postscript: 1935-1938 381
• Index of Film Titles 391
• General Index 405

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