Cinema
Subtitle: year by year, 1894-2004
By: editor in chief, Robyn Karney ; associate editor, Joel W. Finler ; contributors, Ronald Bergan ... [et al.] ; [foreword by David Thomson].
Contributors: Karney, Robyn.; Finler, Joel W.; Bergan, Ronald.
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1016
Subjects: Motion pictures -- History -- Chronology.
Genres: Chronology.
Other titles: Chronicle of the cinema.
Notes: "Plus Academy Awards"--Cover.
"This book is an updated version of Chronicle of the cinema, first published in 1995 ... and reprinted with revisions in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 ..."--T.p. verso.
Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Birth of an industry, 1900 to 1919; title: The silent era, 1920-1929; title: Movies find a voice, 1930 to 1939; title: War and after, 1940 to 1949; title: The swing of the pendulum, 1950 to 1959; title: The New Wave, 1960 to 1969; title: Strange bedfellows, 1970 to 1979; title: The Reagan years, 1980 to 1989; title: Towards the millennium, 1990 to 2004; title: Special features. The development of sound / Joel W. Finler. The studio system / Joel W. Finler. Color and widescreen / Joel W. Finler.; title: The Oscar story / Ronald Bergan. Cameras / Joel W. Finler. Box office hits / Joel W. Finler. Reel music / Ronald Bergan. Special effects / Joel W. Finler. The irresistible rise of the independent movie / Edel Brosnan.