The Ciné Goes to Town
Subtitle: French Cinema, 1896-1914
Edition: Reissue edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 30, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9780520079359
Subjects: Films, cinema; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Motion Picture Industry; Motion Pictures (General); Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Silent films; Cinema/Film: Book; Film & Video - General; Film - General; Performing Arts / General; France; History; History and criticism; Motion pictures
First sentence: THE PARIS "UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION," which opened on 15 April and ran through 12 November 1900, was designed, according to one of its guidebooks, to celebrate the world's progress over the course of the past hundred years and to serve as a "dawning beacon for the twentieth century."