motion picture industry

Presents a comprehensive alphabetically-arranged history of Hollywood stars and famous movies and includes one hundred seventy photographs and interesting facts on celebrities, academy awards, special effects, courtroom dramas, and women directors, and more.

Filmmaker Carl Denham's determination to find King Kong, the legendary man/beast of Skull Island, brings devastation to his crew, and unleashes horror into the world.

A history of American film from 1907 to 1915, discussing how film forms changed during the seven year period, and tracing the transformation of the film business from a small-time amusement enterprise to a gigantic entertainment industry.

A history of the American cinema, focusing on the years between 1926 and 1931--an era characterized by the transition from silent movies to talkies--and addressing several interrelated aspects of film production, reception, and distribution.

Examines various aspects of the filmmaking and film exhibition system in the 1930s, discussing major, minor, and poverty row studios, and exploring topics such as the star system, movie themes, advertising practices, the emergence of the Production Code, and technological change.

A history of the American cinema in the silent film era from 1915 to 1928, discussing the conduct and content of the movies, technology, production practice, industrial organization, and critical thinking.

A chronological examination of the first twelve years of motion pictures and their sound accompaniment, from 1895 to the fall of 1907, looking at cinema as both an industry and a cultural practice.