Provides a concise history of the American motion picture industry before 1920.

The period 1907–1913 marks a crucial transitional moment in American cinema. As moving picture shows changed from mere novelty to an increasingly popular ente

Giorgio Bertellini traces the origins of American cinema's century-long fascination with Italy and Italian immigrants to the popularity of the pre-photographic

This title provides a history of pre-cinema and the Irish in America and features over 100 previously unseen photographs. The book provides an account of the au

It was during the teens that filmmaking truly came into its own. Notably, the migration of studios to the West Coast established a connection between moviemakin