Film (1944)

Page scan 0009 from Film

Record Details:

Title:
Film
Date:
1944
Publisher:
Harmondsworth : Penguin Books
Volume:
Film
Leaf #:
0009
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 02, 2025
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CONTENTS GufDE to Reviewers and Readers Acknowledgments Tributes in Passing . . Introduction :~ Survey for a Study Part One : The Film as a New Art Form 1. Introduction : The Peculiarities of the Fine Arts Generally . 2. The peculiarities of the Film in Particular 3. Essentials of Film Art : First Principles 4. Essentials of Film Art : Further Principles — Shot # Sequence ; Editing . . . 5. Essentials of Film Art : Sound . 6. Essentials of Film Art : Acting . 7. The Film and Realism . . 8. The Film and Realism : Documentary 9. Documentary and Fiction .... Interval : An Open Questionnaire from the Author and Reader to the Cinema-going Public Part Two : Influence of the Film on Present-day Society ....... 1 . The Place of Art in the Experience of Living . 2. What the Audience Gets' . 3. " It's the larst vord in pitchers " 4. The War of the Critics . 5. What the Public Wants : Symposium from all Sides 6. The Effect of the Cinema on Adult and Juvenile 7. The Social Achievement of the Feature Film 8. No Controversy, Please : No Fires 9. Economics . . . . 7