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

by Charles Musser

Book Overview

Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinema--unexpectedly sophisticated and yet radically different from current movie-making. Focusing on Edwin S. Porter, most often remembered as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520069862
• ISBN13: 9780520069862
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 591 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.2"