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Black cinema [guest editor, Manthia Diawara]

Author:
Diawara, Manthia 1953-  Search this
Physical description:
145 pages illustrations, portraits 22 x 20 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
1991
Topic:
African Americans in motion pictures--History and criticism  Search this
African Americans in the motion picture industry--History and criticism  Search this
Black people in motion pictures--History and criticism  Search this
Cinematography--History and criticism  Search this
Motion picture film--History and criticism  Search this
Motion pictures--History and criticism  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Motion pictures--Aesthetics  Search this
African American aesthetics  Search this
Noirs américains au cinéma--Histoire et critique  Search this
Noirs américains dans l'industrie cinématographique--Histoire et critique  Search this
Personnes noires au cinéma--Histoire et critique  Search this
Cinéma--Histoire  Search this
Films (Pellicules cinématographiques)--Histoire et critique  Search this
Cinéma--Histoire et critique  Search this
Cinéma--Esthétique  Search this
Esthétique noire américaine  Search this
African Americans in motion pictures  Search this
African Americans in the motion picture industry  Search this
Black people in motion pictures  Search this
Cinematography  Search this
Motion picture film  Search this
Motion picture industry  Search this
Motion pictures  Search this
Call number:
PN1995.9.N4 B613 1991
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1112733
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Writers in Hollywood 1915-1951 / Ian Hamilton

Author:
Hamilton, Ian 1938-2001  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Los Angeles
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Screenwriters  Search this
Motion picture authorship  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.U65 H218 1990
PN1993.5.U65H218 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_399081
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The sixties, 1960-1969 / Paul Monaco

Author:
Monaco, Paul  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 346 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
2001
Topic:
Motion pictures--History  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.U6 M66 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_714646
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"Cinefication" in West Africa / Amadou Fofana

Author:
Fofana, Amadou Tidiane 1965-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa, French-speaking West
Date:
2011
Topic:
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Call number:
N7380 .C758
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1054405
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Art Deco man : the legacy of John Gabriel Beckman / Roger Lee Kenvin

Title:
Legacy of John Gabriel Beckman
Author:
Kenvin, Roger  Search this
Subject:
Beckman, John Gabriel 1898-1989  Search this
Physical description:
162 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2006
C2006
20th century
Topic:
Motion picture set designers  Search this
Painters  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Art deco  Search this
Motion pictures--Art direction  Search this
Motion picture industry--History and criticism  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_916627
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Hollywood cinema : an introduction / Richard Maltby

Author:
Maltby, Richard 1952-  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 520 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1995
Topic:
Motion pictures--History  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_488958
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The genius of the system : Hollywood filmmaking in the studio era / Thomas Schatz

Author:
Schatz, Thomas 1948-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 514 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Los Angeles
Date:
1996
1989
Topic:
Motion pictures--History  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Motion picture studios--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_491766
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West of Eden : writers in Hollywood, 1928-1940 / Richard Fine

Author:
Fine, Richard  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 206 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1993
Topic:
Screenwriters  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_452256
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Shared pleasures : a history of movie presentation in the United States / Douglas Gomery ; foreword by David Bordwell

Author:
Gomery, Douglas  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1992
C1992
Topic:
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Motion pictures--Marketing  Search this
Motion picture audiences  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.U6G59 1992X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_443819
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Francophone African cinema : French financial and technical assistance 1961 to 1977 / by Claire Andrade-Watkins

Author:
Andrade-Watkins, Claire  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 307 leaves ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, French-speaking West
Africa, French-speaking Equatorial
Date:
1990
1989
Topic:
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.A3545 A55 1989a
PN1993.5.A3545 A55 1989a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_405861
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Picture personalities : the emergence of the star system in America / Richard deCordova

Author:
DeCordova, Richard 1956-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 160 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Motion picture actors and actresses  Search this
Motion picture studios  Search this
Call number:
PN1995.62.D43 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_412697
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High-class moving pictures : Lyman H. Howe and the forgotten era of traveling exhibition, 1880-1920 / Charles Musser in collaboration with Carol Nelson

Author:
Musser, Charles  Search this
Nelson, Carol 1944-  Search this
Subject:
Howe, Lyman H. 1856-1923  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 372 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1991
C1991
Topic:
Motion picture producers and directors  Search this
Motion pictures--Marketing--History  Search this
Silent films--History  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Popular culture  Search this
Call number:
PN1998.3.H69M87 1991X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_409647
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From peep show to palace : the birth of American film / David Robinson ; foreword by Martin Scorsese

Author:
Robinson, David 1930-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 213 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1996
C1996
Topic:
Motion pictures--History  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_492753
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Black film, white money / Jesse Algeron Rhines

Author:
Rhines, Jesse Algeron  Search this
Physical description:
x, 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1996
C1996
Topic:
African Americans in the motion picture industry--History  Search this
African Americans in motion pictures--History  Search this
African American motion picture producers and directors--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_497992
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Reel women : pioneers of the cinema, 1896 to the present / Ally Acker ; foreword by Judith Crist ; afterword by Marc Wanamaker

Author:
Acker, Ally  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 374 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1991
Topic:
Women motion picture producers and directors--Biography  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Call number:
PN1998.2.A24 1991X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_415266
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Mr. Smith goes to Tokyo : the Japanese cinema under the American occupation, 1945-1952 / Kyoko Hirano

Author:
Hirano, Kyōko  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Date:
1992
Topic:
Motion pictures--History  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Motion pictures--Censorship  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.J3H57 1992X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_430041
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Film in Nigeria : development, problems, and promise / by Onyero Mgbejume

Author:
Mgbejume, Onyero  Search this
Physical description:
x, 123 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1989
[1989]
Topic:
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Motion pictures--Social aspects  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.N55M47 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_426281
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Bio/pics : how Hollywood constructed public history / George F. Custen

Author:
Custen, George Frederick  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1992
C1992
Topic:
Biographical films--History and criticism  Search this
Historical films--History and criticism  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Call number:
PN1995.9.B55C87 1992X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_427285
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History of the American cinema

Physical description:
v. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1990
C1990-
Topic:
Motion pictures--History  Search this
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.U6 H55X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_402375
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The motion picture in a changing world : annual report to the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc. / by Will H. Hays

Title:
Annual report to the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
Report of the President, Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
Author:
Hays, Will H (Will Harrison) 1879-1954  Search this
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America  Search this
Physical description:
28 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1940
Topic:
Motion picture industry--History  Search this
Motion pictures--History  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.A1 H39 1940
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_766501

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