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The World History of Film Industry
МУНИЦИПАЛЬОЕ ОБЩЕОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ
ЛИЦЕЙ №1

КОРЧАГИНА ИРИНА

THE WORLD HISTORY OF FILM INDUSTRY

Научный руководитель: кандидат педагогических наук,
Компанеева Л.Г.

Волжский
2008

CONTENT

|Introduction …………………………………………………………………... |3 |
|Part 1. The history of film industry before World War II ….....……………… |5 |
|1.1 The forerunners of film…………………………………………………... |5 |
|1.2 The silent era ……………………………………………………………... |12 |
|1.3 The Rise of Hollywood…………………………………………………… |15 |
|1.4 The sound era …………………………………………………………….. |22 |
|Part 2. The history of film industry after World War II …..………………….. |29 |
|2.1 Films from 1945 to 1960 ……………………..…………………………... |29 |
|2.2 American cinema from 1960 to present ………………………………….. |35 |
|2.3 Recent trends ……………………………………………………………... |40 |
|Summary conclusions ………………………………………………………… |42 |
|Literature………………………………………………………………………. |44 |
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