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The origins of motion picture technologies are described and analyzed by Charles Musser in this lavishly illustrated volume. He considers social and economic as well as aesthetic aspects of the beginnings of movie making. [Verlagsangabe] ***** / ***** Contents: General Preface / Acknowledgements / Introduction / PART 1: Before Cinema: 1. Toward a History of Screen Practice / 2. Thomas Edison and the Amusement World / 3. Projecting Motion Pictures: Invention and Innovation / PART 2: The Novelty of Cinema: 1896-1897: 4. The Vitascpe / 5. Early Motion-Picture Companies / 6. The Proliferation of Motion-Picture Companies and an Assessment oft he Novelty Year / PART 3: The Exhibitor Plays a Creative Role: 1897-1900: 7. Full-Lengh Programs: Fights, Passion Plays, and Travel / 8. Commerical Warefare and the Spanish American War: 1897-1898 / 9. The Film Industry Archieves Modest Stability: 1898-1901 / PART 4: The Production Company Assumes Creative Dominance: 1900-1905: 10. A Period of Commercial Crisis: 1900-1903 / 11. The Transition to Story Films: 1903-1904 / 12. Cinema Flourishes Within Ist Existing Commercial Framework: 1904-1905 / PART 5: The Beginnings of the Nickelodeon Era 1905-1907: 13. Nickels Count: Storefront Theaters: 1905-1907 / 14. Production as the Nickelodeon Era Begins: 1905-1907 / Concluding Remarks / List of Abbreviations / Notes / Bibliography / Picture Sources / General Index / Index of Films