The Documentary Film Reader: History, Theory, Criticism

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Oscar Micheaux And His Circle: African-American Filmmaking And Race Cinema Of The Silent Era

By Jane Marie Gaines, Pearl Bowser, Charles Musser, MUSSER CHARLES, Gaines, Jane Marie, Bowser, Pearl,Jane Gaines,Charles Musser

Oscar Micheaux-the most prolific African-American filmmaker to date and a filmmaking giant of the silent period-has finally found his rightful place in film history. Both artist and showman, Michea...

Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company

By Charles Musser

Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company

By Charles Musser

The Emergence Of Cinema: The American Screen To 1907 (Volume 1) (History Of The American Cinema)

By Musser, Charles Musser

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 Beg...

Grand Design: Hollywood As A Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939 (Volume 5) (History Of The American Cinema)

By Charles Musser, Tino Balio

The advent of color, big musicals, the studio system, and the beginning of institutionalized censorship made the thirties the defining decade for Hollywood. The year 1939, celebrated as "Hollywood'...

Boom And Bust: American Cinema In The 1940s (Volume 6) (History Of The American Cinema)

By Charles Musser, Thomas Schatz

this Book Represents Some Of The Finest Scholarship In The Field. . . . Schatz Draws On A Broad Range Of Archival And Trade Press Sources, And Organizes His Findings To Highlight The Dynamics Of St...

Lost Illusions: American Cinema In The Shadow Of Watergate And Vietnam, 1970-1979 (Volume 9) (History Of The American Cinema)

By David Cook, Charles Musser, David A. Cook

"David Cook's Lost Illusions is an excellent account of Hollywood in the 1970s—a decade of social upheaval around the world and major transformation in the U.S. movie industry. His book overfl...

A New Pot Of Gold: Hollywood Under The Electronic Rainbow, 1980–1989 (Volume 10) (History Of The American Cinema)

By Charles Musser, Stephen Prince

facing An Economic Crisis In The 1980s, The Hollywood Industry Moved Boldly To Control The Ancillary Markets Of Videotape, Video Disk, Pay-cable And Pay-per-view, And The Major Studios Found Themse...

The Sixties: 1960-1969

By Charles Musser, Paul Monaco

"I think this is a fine volume, one that maintains the high quality of other volumes in the series while making major contributions in its own right. . .a strong, well-argued and well-structured st...