An authoritative and much-needed overview of the main issues in the field of early cinema from over 30 leading international scholars in the field First collect

Essays on “how motion pictures in the first two decades of the 20th century constructed ‘communities of nationality’ . . . recommended.” —Choice While

One-volume reference work on the first twenty-five years of the cinema's international emergence from the early 1890s to the mid-1910s.

A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema marks a new era of feminist film scholarship. The twenty essays collected here demonstrate how feminist historiographies at on

Presents and discusses a treasure trove of early color film images from the archives of EYE Film Institute Netherlands, bringing to life their rich hues and for