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WHEELER WINSTON DIXON is the James Ryan Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of many books, including A History of Horror, 2nd Edition (Rutgers University Press), and an internationally known experimental filmmaker.

GWENDOLYN AUDREY FOSTER is Willa Cather Professor Emerita of Film Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She is an award-winning experimental filmmaker and a prolific author.

Klappentext

Succinct and comprehensive, this updated and expanded edition of A Short History of Film provides an accessible overview of the major movements, directors, studios, and genres from the 1880s to the present.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Timeline 1832–2012
1 The Invention of the Movies
2 The Birth of an American Industry
3 World Cinema: The Silent Era
4 The Hollywood Studio System in the 1930s and 1940s
5 International Cinema through World War II
6 Postwar Challenges to the Movies
7 World Cinema in the 1950s
8 The 1960s Explosion
9 World Cinema 1970 to the Present
10 The New Hollywood
Glossary of Film Terms
Bibliography
Index

Acknowledgments ix
Timeline 1832–2024
xi
ONE
The Invention of the Movies 1
TWO
The Birth of an American Industry 22
THREE
World Cinema: The Silent Era 53
FOUR
The Hollywood
Studio System in the 1930s and 1940s 89
F I V E
International Cinema through World War II 137
S IX
Postwar Challenges to the Movies 168
SEVEN
World Cinema in the 1950s 203
EIGHT
The 1960s Explosion 239
NINE
World Cinema 1970–2024
302
TEN
Hollywood:
The Modern Era 378
Glossary of Film Terms 459
Bibliography 463
Index 485