http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xvii, 613 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Pt. 1. Before cinema -- Toward a history of screen practice -- Thomas Edison and the amusement world -- Projecting motion pictures : invention and innovation -- Pt. 2. The novelty of cinema : 1896-1897 -- The vitascope -- Early motion-picture companies -- The proliferation of motion-picture companies and an assessment of the novelty year -- Pt. 3. The exhibitor plays a creative role : 1897-1900 -- Full-length programs : fights, passion plays, and travel -- Commercial warfare and the Spanish American War : 1897-1898 -- THe film industry achieves modest stability : 1898-1901 -- Pt. 4. The production company assumes creative dominance : 1900-1905 -- A period of commercial crisis : 1900-1903 -- The transition to story films : 1903-1904 -- Cinema flourishes within its existing commercial framework : 1904-1905 -- Pt. 5. The beginnings of the Nickelodeon Era : 1905-1907 -- Nickels count: storefront theaters : 1905-1907 -- Production as the Nickelodeon Era begins : 1905-1907.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [529]-544) and indexes.