The magic lantern
Subtitle: how movies got to move
By: by Judith Thurman and Jonathan David
Contributors: David, Jonathan, 1954- joint author
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atheneum
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9780689306280
Subjects: Motion pictures; Juvenile literature
Description: Traces the art of motion picture photography from shadow shows a thousand years ago through the magic lantern, projected pictures, the still camera, the perfecting of film, and the first talkies.