Film

It examines the development of film and the film industry, analyzing both the genres, themes and technology that defined each decade and the political and economic background that gave rise to them. Included as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Volume 1: The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907
Volume 2: The Transformation of Cinema, 1907-1915
Volume 3: An Evening's Entertainment: the Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915–1928
Volume 4: The Talkies : American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931
Volume 5: Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939
Volume 6: Boom and Bust: The American Cinema in the 1940s
Volume 7: Transforming the Screen, 1950-1959
Volume 8: The Sixties
Volume 9: Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979
Volume 10: A New Pot of Gold : Hollywood under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989