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Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company (book in English)
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- Director > Edwin S. Porter
- Edwin S. Porter, Thomas Edison, early cinema, pioneer, history of cinema, silent cinema
- Publishing Date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Collection
- (no collection)
- Language
- English
Relative size
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 591 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm) - ISBN-10
ISBN-13 - 0-520-06986-2
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Book Presentation:
Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinema--unexpectedly sophisticated and yet radically different from current movie-making. Focusing on Edwin S. Porter, most often remembered as the producer of The Great Train Robbery, Musser situates Porter's achievements within the vibrant context of turn-of-the-century popular culture and the commercial pragmatics of the Edison Manufacturing Company--the leading American film-producing entity from 1894 to 1908.
From the back cover:
The most important book on early American cinema yet to appear. At once a compelling biography and a fundamentally new view of a major cultural phenomenon, it offers fresh perspectives on the development of twentieth-century American society. (Robert Sklar, author of Movie-Made America)
See the publisher website: University of California Press
See the complete filmography of Edwin S. Porter on the website: IMDB ...
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