Main entry:

Blom, Ivo Leopold, author

Title & Author:

Jean Desmet and the early Dutch film trade / Ivo Blom ; [translated by James Lynn].

Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2003.
©2003

Description:

1 online resource (472 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Series:

Film culture in transition

Restrictions:

Use copy

Notes:
A Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Amsterdam, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-451), index of film titles and general index.
Introduction -- I. La comète belge : Jean Desmet's travelling cinema, the imperial bio (1907-1910) -- II. In the beginning ... : film distribution in the Netherlands -- III. Gold rush : in the throes of cinema mania (1909-1914) -- IV. Film market Europe : buying films abroad (1910-1914) -- V. White slave girls and German Kultur: film rental and distribution strategies in the Netherlands (1910-1914) -- VI. Onésime et son Colèlgue : competition (1910-1914) -- VII. Das Ende vom Lied : the impact of the First World War (1914-1916) -- VIII. Quo vadis? : Desmet's film rental and cinema operation during the Great War (1914-1916) -- IX. Afterlife : a new career and the beginning of a collection -- X. In Retrospect : Jean Desmet's place in film history.
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
English.

Summary:

The career of Jean Desmet as a means of exploring the history of cinema.

Resources:
Cambridge University Press
De Gruyter
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ISBN:

0585496412 (electronic bk.)
9780585496412 (electronic bk.)
9789048505098 (electronic bk.)
9048505097 (electronic bk.)
1280958782
9781280958786
9786610958788
6610958785
(pbk.)
9053564632
9789053564639
9789053565704
9053565701

Subject:

Desmet, Jean, 1875-1956.
Desmet, Jean Wirtschaftswissenschaftler.
Motion pictures Netherlands History.
Motion pictures Netherlands Distribution.
Distribution des films Pays-Bas.
The arts.
Film, TV and radio.
Films, cinema.
Individual film directors, film-makers.
Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
Humanities.
History.
PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference.
HISTORY General.
Motion pictures
Motion pictures Distribution
Filmmarkt
Filmverleih
Filmwirtschaft
Bioscopen.
Filmindustrie.
Netherlands
Niederlande
Multi-User.

Form/genre:

Academic Dissertation
dissertations.
Academic theses
History
Thèses et écrits académiques.

Added entries:

Film culture in transition.