History of the American cinema.
Contributors: Harpole, Charles.
Publisher: Scribner; Collier Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International; Charles Scribner's Sons
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York; Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Motion pictures -- United States -- History.; Motion picture industry -- United States -- History.
Description: This volume examines the development of film and the film industry from 1926 to 1931 and the political and economic background that influenced it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Charles Harpole, general editor"--v. 4, 6, 9-10.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The emergence of cinema / Charles Musser; title: v. 2. The transformation of cinema, 1907-1915 / Eileen Bowser; title: v. 3. An evening's entertainment / Richard Koszarski; title: v. 4. The talkies / Donald Crafton; title: v. 5. Grand design / Tino Balio; title: v. 6. Boom and bust / Thomas Schatz; title: v. 9. Lost illusions / David A. Cook; title: v. 10. A new pot of gold / Stephen Prince.