Cinema : year by year, 1894-2004

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Cinema : year by year, 1894-2004

editor in chief, Robyn Karney ; associate editor, Joel W. Finler ; contributors, Ronald Bergan ... [et al.] ; [foreword by David Thomson]

Dorling Kindersley, 2004

  • US
  • UK

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Chronicle of the cinema

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"Plus Academy Awards"--Cover

"This book is an updated version of Chronicle of the cinema, first published in 1995 by Dorling Kindersley and reprinted with revisions in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004"--T.p. verso

Includes indexes

Contents of Works

  • Birth of an industry, 1900 to 1919
  • The silent era, 1920-1929
  • Movies find a voice, 1930 to 1939
  • War and after, 1940 to 1949
  • The swing of the pendulum, 1950 to 1959
  • The New Wave, 1960 to 1969
  • Strange bedfellows, 1970 to 1979
  • The Reagan years, 1980 to 1989
  • Towards the millennium, 1990 to 2004

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From the earliest flickering pictures to the triumph of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, this year-by-year guide to the films, the stars, and the innovations of movie-making brings the silver screen to life. With Oscar results from the first awards ceremony to the latest 2004 winners, this is the most entertaining and detailed visual history of cinema you will ever read.

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