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The Big V. A History of the Vitagraph Company.
Slide, Anthony; Grevinson, Alan
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Description for The Big V. A History of the Vitagraph Company.
Hardback. Documents the work of America's first major film company, Vitagraph, from its beginnings in the 1890s through its sale to Warner Bros. in 1925. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations plans transparencies :Bibliography: p124-133. - Includes index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; HBT; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
This is a completely new, revised, and expanded version of the book first published by Scarecrow in 1976. It documents the work of America's first major film company, Vitagraph, from its beginnings in the 1890s through its sale to Warner Bros. in 1925.
This is a completely new, revised, and expanded version of the book first published by Scarecrow in 1976. It documents the work of America's first major film company, Vitagraph, from its beginnings in the 1890s through its sale to Warner Bros. in 1925.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810820302
SKU
V9780810820302
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Slide, Anthony; Grevinson, Alan
Anthony Slide has written or edited more than thirty books an the history of popular entertainment, among which are Early Women Directors, The Vaudevillians, International Film, Radio, and Television Journals, and The American Film Industry: A Historical Dictionary. He has held executive positions with both the American Film Institute and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and has been hailed as both "a publishing phehomenon" (by American Classic Screen) and a "a meticulous film scholar" (by Variety). Slide also edits the Scarecrow Press Filmmakers series. Alan Gevinson, who worked with Slide on the revision of The Big V, is on the staff of the American Film Institute Catalog.
Reviews for The Big V. A History of the Vitagraph Company.
...groundbreaking...Very readable and historically important...
Michael R. Pitts
Classic Images
...his attempt to restore forgotten Vitagraph to its rightful place in the annals is a worthy one. Much diligent and useful research has gone into The Big V>
Roy Fowler
Film and Television Technician, (Uk)
Detailed and finely researched...
Film Review Annual
...his attempt to restore forgotten Vitagraph to its rightful place in the annals is a worthy one. Much diligent and useful research has gone into The Big V
Roy Fowler
Film and Television Technician, (Uk)
Michael R. Pitts
Classic Images
...his attempt to restore forgotten Vitagraph to its rightful place in the annals is a worthy one. Much diligent and useful research has gone into The Big V>
Roy Fowler
Film and Television Technician, (Uk)
Detailed and finely researched...
Film Review Annual
...his attempt to restore forgotten Vitagraph to its rightful place in the annals is a worthy one. Much diligent and useful research has gone into The Big V
Roy Fowler
Film and Television Technician, (Uk)