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From Peepshow to Palace: The Birth of American Film
David Robinson
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Paperback. Robinson chronicles the early use of film as vaudeville sideshow; as sheer spectacle of moving images precluding any notion of plot development or drama; and as a fledgling dramatic effort, ranging from prizefights to Passion plays. Num Pages: 248 pages, 158 photos, 16 in co. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 384.
Film critic David Robinson chronicles the early use of film as vaudeville sideshow; as sheer spectacle of moving images precluding any notion of plot development or drama; and as a fledgling dramatic effort, ranging from prizefights to Passion plays. He also takes readers to the nickelodeon theaters, and replete with more than 150 drawings and photographs, shows how the earliest devices of cinematic prehistory--machines with colorful names like the Phantascope and the Wheel of Life--led to the technology of filmmaking we know today.
Film critic David Robinson chronicles the early use of film as vaudeville sideshow; as sheer spectacle of moving images precluding any notion of plot development or drama; and as a fledgling dramatic effort, ranging from prizefights to Passion plays. He also takes readers to the nickelodeon theaters, and replete with more than 150 drawings and photographs, shows how the earliest devices of cinematic prehistory--machines with colorful names like the Phantascope and the Wheel of Life--led to the technology of filmmaking we know today.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231103398
SKU
V9780231103398
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About David Robinson
David Robinson is a film historian and critic.
Reviews for From Peepshow to Palace: The Birth of American Film
A diligent overview from the moment cinema was just a flicker in a magic lantern to the golden years between 1893 and 1913, when scientists and technicians laboriously fitted together the 'pieces in a puzzle' and created feature films. New York Times Book Review This concise history takes us from footage of an Edison employee sneezing to multireel features with ... Read more