A short history of the movies
By: Gerald Mast, Bruce F. Kawin.
Contributors: Kawin, Bruce F., 1945-
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Longman
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 738
ISBN-13: 9780321106032
Subjects: Motion pictures -- History
Notes: "Gift of Edward Ousselin"--Bookplate.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introductory assumptions; title: Birth; title: Film narrative, commercial expansion; title: Griffith; title: Mack Sennett and the Chaplin shorts; title: Movie czars and movie stars; title: The German golden age; title: Soviet montage; title: Sound; title: France between the wars; title: The American studio years: 1930-45; title: Hollywood in transition: 1946-65; title: Neorealism and the new wave; title: National cinemas 1: 1945; title: Hollywood renaissance: 1964-76; title: National cinemas 2: 1968-; title: The return of the myths: 1977-.