"The American Film Institute Catalog" volumes easily surpass all other film reference books for comprehensiveness, reliability, and utility. In a field bedevilled by quickly assembled and slipshod reference works, the Catalogs are the one essential purchase for every library. This set of volumes, on the teen years, covers a pivotal period in film history, encompassing the birth of the feature film and the development of the 'film language' that still structures virtually all narrative films today. The decade saw the rise of ...
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"The American Film Institute Catalog" volumes easily surpass all other film reference books for comprehensiveness, reliability, and utility. In a field bedevilled by quickly assembled and slipshod reference works, the Catalogs are the one essential purchase for every library. This set of volumes, on the teen years, covers a pivotal period in film history, encompassing the birth of the feature film and the development of the 'film language' that still structures virtually all narrative films today. The decade saw the rise of stars, and of directors who left their creative mark on decades to come - Griffith, Ince, De Mille. Small firms gave way to consolidated studios. And film production relocated to the Southern California town whose name became synonymous with American films: Hollywood. Classics of the era such as De Mille's "The Cheat" and Griffith's "Intolerance" have reached popular audiences, and many others are being distributed on videocassette. New scholarly attention is focusing on the decade - especially on such questions as how stage melodrama elements were gradually incorporated into film narrative. But since film is also a record of folkways and national concerns, the rich materials catalogued here will be invaluable to social or cultural historians. As John Fell, author of "Film and the Narrative Tradition", comments: 'In a real sense, the "AFI Catalog" preserves and revitalizes old movies that will otherwise disappear ...[it] will increasingly serve an audience far broader than motion picture history alone'.
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Good. Shows minimal wear such as frayed or folded edges, minor rips and tears, and/or slightly worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages. Former library copy with library markings and/or jacket.
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Very good. Both volumes. Very minimal shelfwear (near fine). We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!
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Good. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. 2nd Printing. Good TWO VOLUME SET. NOT ex-lib. Set F1 consisting of one volume of film entries and one index volume. Binding on the first volume has some damage to the silver decoration on front board and some light stains. Both volumes have no markings or bookplate. This set covers the years 1911-1920 of the silent film era.
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Good. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. 2nd Printing. Good to very good TWO VOLUME SET. NOT ex-lib. Set F1 consisting of one volume of film entries and one index volume. Binding on the first volume shows some light use, otherwise both volumes would be very good. No markings except some erased dealer pencil notations on flyleaf. This set covers the years 1911-1920 of the silent film era.
