Frederick A. Talbot 
Moving Pictures [PDF ebook] 
How They Are Made and Worked

"The Moneychangers" by Upton Sinclair is a searing critique of the American financial system, focusing on the pervasive financial corruption and greed within the banking and stock market …

Poppy’s Presents by Mrs. O. F. Walton is a children’s novel that intertwines themes of generosity, family dynamics, and personal growth through the experiences of its young protagonist, Poppy. The …

The fourth volume of »The Griffith Project» looks at the films produced by D.W.Griffith at the Biograph Company in 1910. There were 86 films in all and they represent a period of creativity for the …

This is the third book in the »Understanding the Moving Image» series. Like other books in the series, it aims to provide a strong critical and theoretical base for the study of the media. It has …

Ginette Vincendeau analyses Bardot»s rise to fame as a highly-acclaimed French international film star and fashion icon from her early days as a fashion model and ballet dancer to her period of …

It»s a Gift is Norman Mc Leod»s classic comedy of disasters, in which W.C. Fields plays a general-store proprietor who buys an orange-ranch by mail and transports his family to California. This …

The book provides a detailed introduction to the essential themes, style, and aesthetics of Pedro Almodovar»s films, put in the context of Spain»s profound cultural transitions since 1980. With …

As blockbusters employ ever greater numbers of dazzling visual effects and digital illusions, this book explores the material roots and stylistic practices of special effects and their makers. …