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CONTENTS Timeline 98 Glossary 102 Additional Resources 104 Source Notes 106 Index 110 About the Author 112 Chapter 1 AN AMERICAN ART FORM 6 Chapter 2 MOVING PICTURES 10 Chapter 3 THE BIRTH OF HOLLYWOOD 22 Chapter 4 THE GOLDEN AGE OF TALKIES 34 Chapter 5 STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE 48 Chapter 6 CHANGING MORALS 60 Chapter 7 BUILDING THE BLOCKBUSTER 68 Chapter 8 INDEPENDENT FILMS 80 Chapter 9 THE RISE OF COMPUTERS 88
6 Chapter 1 In the long history of art and culture the art of making motion pictures is a relative infant The first use of moving pictures dates back to the 1500s but true movies as we think of them today are little more than a century old Yet in that time film has become a major industry employing thousands of people It is one of the most accessible art forms entertaining millions every week The history of cinema is closely tied to the development of technology Capturing moving pictures projecting them adding sound and transitioning to color all required technological breakthroughs An American Art Form
7 The history of film is a story of the imagination and the human experience
