The Kinetoscope A British History

Brown, Richard (Film historian) (author.). Anthony, Barry, (author.). Harvey, Michael (Cinematography curator), (author.). Musser, Charles, (writer of foreword.). Project Muse (distributor.). Project Muse (Added Author).

Summary: The position of the kinetoscope in film history is central and undisputed; indicative of its importance is the detailed attention American scholars have given to examining its history. However, the Kinetoscope's development in Britain has not been well documented and much current information about it is incomplete and out of date. The purpose of the book is, for the first time, to present a comprehensive account of the unauthorized and often colorful development of British kinetoscopes, utilizing many previously unpublished sources. The commercial and technical backgrounds of the kinetoscope are looked at in detail; the style and content of the earliest British films analyzed; and the device's place in the wider world of Victorian popular entertainment examined. A unique legal case is revealed and a number of previously unrecorded film pioneers are identified and discussed.

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ISBN: 9780861967308
ISBN: 0861967305
ISBN: 9780861969319
ISBN: 0861969316
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 236 pages) :) illustrations.
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Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017

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General Note:	CatMonthString:february.18 Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / by Charles Musser -- 1. The kinetoscope : an international perspective -- 2. The arrival of the kinetoscope in Britain and early developments -- 3. Cameras and conflict -- 4. The legal and intellectual property context -- 5. Marketing the kinetoscope in Britain -- 6. Commercial decline and new beginnings -- 7. Edison's latest -- 8. The first British films -- 9. A premiere at the Nag's Head -- 10. Magic, magnates and galvanic forces -- 11. Birt Acres and the Kaiser's kinetoscope -- 12. Transatlantic filming -- 13. Making an exhibition -- 14. The machine as evidence : the survival or otherwise of the British kinetoscopes / by Michael Harvey -- Appendix 1. Kinetoscope exhibitions in the UK, 1894-1895 -- Appendix 2. Paul/Acres and Acres films of 1895 -- Appendix 3. 'Outcasts of London' and the first portrayal of movie-making on stage -- Appendix 4. British Dealers in kinetoscopes -- Appendix 5. The kinetoscope legal action.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.