Film histories : an introduction and reader / Paul Grainge, Mark Jancovich and Sharon Monteith.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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An introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895. It is arranged chronologically, and each chapter contains an introduction on the key developments within the period. Various types of film history are undertaken to enable students to become familiar with different types of film historical research.

Part I: Film History from its Origins to 1945 -- 1. The Emergence of Cinema Extract: Tom Gunning, 'The Cinema of Attractions: Early Film, its Spectator and the Avant-Garde' -- 2. Organising Early Film Audiences Extract: Lee Grieveson, 'Why the Audience Mattered in Chicago in 1907' -- 3. Nationalism, Trade and Market Domination Extract: Richard Abel, 'The Perils of Pathé; or the Americanization of Early American Cinema' -- 4. Establishing Classical Norms Extract: Janet Staiger, 'Mass-Produced Photoplays: Economic and Signifying Practices in the First Years of Hollywood' -- 5. The Age of the Dream Palace and the Rise of the Star System Extract: Douglas Gomery, 'The Rise of National Theatre Chains' Afterword by Douglas Gomery -- 6. Competing with Hollywood: National Film Industries outside Hollywood Extract: Thomas Elsaesser, 'Social Mobility and the Fantastic: German Silent Cinema'

7. The Rise of the Studios and the Coming of Sound Extract: Mark Jancovich and Lucy Faire, 'Translating the Talkies: Diffusion, Reception and Live Performance' -- 8. Realism, Nationalism and 'Film Culture' Extract: Haidee Wasson, 'Writing the Cinema into Daily Life: Iris Barry and the Emergence of British Film Criticism in the 1920s' -- 9. Adjustment, Depression and Regulation Extract: Cynthia Erb, 'From Novelty to Romance: King Kong's Promotional Campaign' -- 10. Totalitarianism, Dictatorship and Propaganda Extract: Richard Taylor, 'Ideology as Mass Entertainment: Boris Shumyatsky and Soviet Cinema in the 1930s' -- 11. The Common People, Historical Drama and Preparations for War Extract: Tino Balio, 'Columbia Pictures: The Making of a Motion Picture Major, 1930-1943' -- 12. Wartime, Unity and Alienation Extract: Clayton R. Koppes and Gregory D. Black, 'What to Show the World: The Office of War Information and Hollywood, 1942-1945'.