The Cine Goes to Town and French Cinema
Abel, Richard
Two volumes: 'French Cinema 1896-1914' and 'The First Wave, 1915-1929', the latter published first and, with it, 'the [realisation] I had accepted far too many assumptions about the first two decades of film history, most specifically about how the French cinema industry was organised and operated ...'; illustrated, indexed, monument to French silent cinema.
Publisher:
University of California Press. First American edition and Princeton University Press. First American paperback edition 1987 1994
Edition:
First EditionPlace Published:
Berkeley, CA and Princeton, NJ
'The Cine Goes to Town' fine in dustwrapper, 'French Cinema, The First Wave 1915-1929' is a hardcover, fine without dustwrapper and with paperback details on the copyright page. The two vols.
