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Cinema: Year By Year 1894-2003 DK

Cinema:  Year By Year 1894-2003 By DK

Cinema: Year By Year 1894-2003 by DK


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From the birth of film in the 1890s to 2003's technical wizardry, this year-by-year guide to the films, the stars, the Oscars and the innovations, with over 3000 illustrations, brings the silver screen to life and provides a highly detailed visual history of cinema.

Cinema: Year By Year 1894-2003 Summary

Cinema: Year By Year 1894-2003 by DK

The Kid meets The Jazz Singer and It's a Wonderful Life as they have Breakfast at Tiffany's before The Empire Strikes Back and Harry Potter casts a cinematic spell. From the birth of film in the 1890s to today's technical wizardry, this year-by-yearguide to the films, the stars, the Oscars and the innovations, with over 3,000 illustrations, brings the silver screen to life and provides the most detailed visual history of cinema ever published.

About DK

Foreword contributor David Thompson is a highly regarded writer and critic for American and UK magazines and newspapers. He has written a variety of biographies and novels, including 'Showman: The Life of David O Selznick' 'Rosebud: The story of Orson Welles', and 'Silver Lights'. David is based in San Fransisco.

Table of Contents

Birth of an industry, 1900-1919; the silent era, 1920-1929; movies find a voice, 1930-1939; war and after, 1940-1949; the swing of the pendulum, 1950-1959; the new wave, 1960-1969; strange bedfellows, 1970-1979; the Reagan years, 1980-1989; towards the millennium, 1990-12003; special features.

Additional information

GOR012865042
9780751369984
0751369985
Cinema: Year By Year 1894-2003 by DK
Used - Like New
Hardback
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
20030925
1008
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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