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*Film Studies

Guide to resources for research in Film, Television & Media Studies at Brandeis

Film History Websites

The History of the Discovery of Cinematography
"Retrospective history of the dawn of film, and a pre-history of cinema." By Paul Burns.
Film History by Decade (filmsite.org)
Part of Tim Dirks's extensive site.

Books on Film History

Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema series
Link to series of books published by Rutgers University Press: "Each volume presents a group of original essays analyzing the impact of cultural issues on the cinema and the impact of the cinema on society."

Encyclopedia of Early Cinema (e-book) by Richard Abel (Editor)
Publication Date: 2013-02-14
The Routledge Companion to Film History by William Guynn (Editor)
Call Number: Main Library - Stacks PN1994 .R5735 2011
Historical Dictionary of American Cinema (e-book) by M. Keith Booker
Publication Date: 2011-03-17

Silent Films: Reference

Silent Films, 1877-1996 by Robert K. Klepper; Frank "Junior" Coghlan (Foreword by)
Call Number: Creative Arts - Reference PN1995.75 .K57 1999
Full Text Available via HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access -- see instructions for access
Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses (e-book) by Anthony Slide
Publication Date: 2002-09-27
Silent Film Necrology by Eugene Michael
Call Number: Creative Arts - Reference PN1998.2 .V38 2001

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Subjects: Film Studies

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