Living pictures
Subtitle: the origins of the movies
By: Deac Rossell.
Series: The SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video
Publisher: State University of New York Press; State Univ of New York Pr
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Cinematography -- History
Description: "This is the first book in English in nearly half a century to tell the full story of the international development of the first films, the origins of celluloid itself, the background of magic lantern shows (which were the first home of the movies), and the social influences on movie inventors and their chosen technologies.

Living Pictures takes a new look at the international origins of moving pictures and examines the many solutions posed by Thomas Edison in America, the Lumiere brothers in France, Robert Paul in England, and Max Skladanowsky in Germany, among many other pioneering figures."--BOOK JACKET.

"Using concepts drawn from recent work in the sociology of the history of technology, Living Pictures places the invention of the movies firmly in the context of late nineteenth-century entertainment and explains clearly the motivations and accomplishments of the inventors in both America and Europe who brought the first movies to astounded audiences in 1895 and 1896."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-178) and index.