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The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Film Beginnings, 1893-1910-A Work in Progress Hardcover - 1995

by Elias Savada


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Over 17,000 films, produced or released in the United States are included in this volume. Research took almost eight years to complete. The project covers motion pictures from 1893, the year that Thomas A. Edison built the "Black Maria," the first motion picture "studio." Names of prominent filmmakers include Americans such as Thomas A. Edison, Edwin S. Porter, Sigmund Lubin and D. W. Griffith. Important films include Fred Ott's Sneeze (1893), The Kiss (1896), The Passion Play (1898), The Great Train Robbery (1903), The Adventure of Dollie (1908). Early filmed novels include The Count of Monte Cristo, A Tale of Two Cities, Ben Hur, and David Copperfield. Other important titles include The Electrocution of an Elephant, Cripple Creek Bar Room (1898), Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906), and D. W. Griffith's A Corner in Wheat (1909). Historically, the volume is important because of the extensive documentation of historical figures and events, from the assassination of President McKinley to the rescuers of survivors of the Maine. There are also a number of films that showed everyday life, including factories, families at leisure and the U.S. Postal Service.

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  • Title The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Film Beginnings, 1893-1910-A Work in Progress
  • Author Elias Savada
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Film Beginnings,
  • Pages 1790
  • Volumes 2
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ
  • Date April 1995
  • ISBN 9780810830219 / 0810830213
  • Weight 8.71 lbs (3.95 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.06 x 8.6 x 3.28 in (28.09 x 21.84 x 8.33 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 79128587
  • Dewey Decimal Code 016

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/1998, Page 838
  • Library Journal, 07/01/1995, Page 69

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The American Film Institute was established by an act of Congress in 1967. From that time, the AFI has been a leader in educating future filmmakers and in film preservation. As part of the Institute's ongoing film preservaion efforts, it produces the prestigious AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, a decade-by-decade, encyclopedic catalog of American films.
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New Jersey & London: The Scarecrow Press. This is one volume: Volume A - 549 pages. Throughout the listings it maintains the subtitle of "Film Beginnings" The copyright page has "(revised for Vol. A, pts. 1-2)" I think it is the first volume in a two-volume index and that the second volume is something else. At any rate - lots of info - scarce and in fine new looking condition. No dust jacket - probably issued without one. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall . Fine. Hardcover. 1995.
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