Rhode, Eric,  1934- <br/><br/>
A history of the cinema from its origins to 1970 / 
Eric Rhode. 
 - 674 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> Reprint. Originally published: New York : Hill and Wang, 1976. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part One: Before 1920 -- Inventions and discoveries -- Primitives -- The age of D.W. Griffith -- Part Two: the 1920s -- Aspects of the Soviet cinema -- The influence of the French avant-garde -- Weimar and Scandinavia -- Hollywood in the twenties -- Part Three: the 1930s -- Adapting to sound -- The Depression: the media and social conscience -- Utopianism and despair -- Part Four: 1940-1956 -- The second World War -- Neo-realism and the Cold War -- Part Five: 1956-1970 -- Internationalism -- The new wave -- Radical compromise. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0140220283  (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>84029263  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1993.5.A1  / R4634 1984