UID:
edocfu_9959090379202883
Format:
1 online resource :
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Richly illustrated
ISBN:
9789048505098
Series Statement:
Film Culture in Transition
Content:
The Netherlands Film Museum's Desmet Collection contains the estate of Dutch cinema owner and film distributor Jean Desmet (1875-1956): almost nine hundred European and American films of all genres, a collection of publicity material, and a massive business archive. These three sources form the basis of this book, the first comprehensive reconstruction of Desmet's career. From his nomadic beginnings as a traveling showman to his successful switch to permanent cinema operation and film distribution, Blom shows how Desmet's fortunes encapsulated a series of structural changes within the new culture of the cinema.
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Frontmatter --
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Table of Contents --
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Preface --
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Abbreviations --
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Unidentified Films --
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Historical Currencies --
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Introduction --
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I. La Comète Belge --
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II. In the Beginning... --
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III. Gold Rush --
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IV. Film Market Europe --
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V. White Slave Girls and German Kultur --
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VI. Onésime et Son Collègue --
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VII. Das Ende vom Lied --
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VIII. Quo Vadis? --
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IX. Afterlife --
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X. In Retrospect --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Photo credits --
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Index of Film Titles --
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General Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9789048505098
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048505098
