The film and the public (1955)

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Record Details:

Title:
The film and the public
Date:
1955
Publisher:
Harmondsworth : Penguin Books
Volume:
The film and the public
Leaf #:
0007
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 INTRODUCTION 13 I. SEEN IN PERSPECTIVE 1. THE SILENT FILM The Representation of Movement 1 5 The Quality of the Early Films 1 8 The Development of Film Technique; Georges Melies 25 D. W. Griffith 28 Charlie Chaplin 33 Hearts and Flowers 34 The Silent Twenties 37 The Documentary Film and Robert Flaherty 38 The Soviet Directors 42 The German Films and G. W. Pabst 43 Abel Gance and the Early Use of Wide-Screen 45 Fantasy in the Silent Film 47 The Avant-Garde Film 48 Music and the Silent Film 50 2. THE SOUND FILM Sound : The Great Revolution 54 Music and the Sound Film 57 The Development of Realism in Film Acting 68 Realism in the Sound Film 72 Counterpointing Sound and Image 73 The Theoretical Work of Eisenstein 75 The Animated Film 78 The Maturity of the Film; the National Qualities of an International Art 83