Buccaneer : James Stuart Blackton and the birth of American movies /

This is an in-depth look at the life and career of James Stuart Blackton (1875-1941), the first great commercial vendor of cinema who grasped that motion pictures were not merely a technical innovation, but a popular entertainment form for the masses. Blackton was a man of many firsts in the film in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dewey, Donald, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2016]
Colección:Film and history (Lanham, Md.)
Temas:
Blackton, James Stuart, > 1875-1941.
Blackton, James Stuart, > 1875-1941
Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Animators > United States > Biography.
Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma > États-Unis > Biographies.
Animateurs (Cinéma) > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Animators
Motion picture producers and directors
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This is an in-depth look at the life and career of James Stuart Blackton (1875-1941), the first great commercial vendor of cinema who grasped that motion pictures were not merely a technical innovation, but a popular entertainment form for the masses. Blackton was a man of many firsts in the film industry: the first combination actor-director-producer in the United States, the country's first national exhibitor, and the first film propagandist. He contributed landmark innovations in everything from special effects to single-frame animation, for which he is often regarded as the father of the a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-290) and index.
ISBN:9781442242593
1442242590

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