Early American Cinema

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Summary

Provides a concise history of the American motion picture industry before 1920.

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Introduction
Pre-Cinema	p. 1
The Motion Picture Patents Company and the Film Establishment	p. 7
The Independents and a New Establishment	p. 45
The Feature Film	p. 69
Thomas H. Ince	p. 77
D.W. Griffith	p. 95
Sound and Music	p. 117
The Star System	p. 135
The Role of Women	p. 151
New Technologies	p. 167
Genres	p. 189
The Language, Business, and Art of the Film	p. 217
General Bibliography	p. 229
D. W. Griffith Bibliography	p. 235
Thomas H. Ince Bibliography	p. 241
Index	p. 247
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