A Short History of the Movies

by Gerald Mast, Bruce F. Kawin

The Tenth Edition of A Short History of the Movies continues the tradition?scrupulously accurate in its details, up-to-date, free of jargon?that has made it the most widely adopted textbook for college courses in film history. This volume offers students a panoramic overview of the worldwide development of film through the studio heyday of the 1930s and 1940s and the "Hollywood Renaissance" of the 1960s and 1970s, to the pictures and technology appearing in multiplexes and living rooms of today. This new edition, wich as been revised and rewritten to reflect current scholarship, recent industry developments, and new films and filmmakers, represents an accurate, scrupulous updating of a classic.

784 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 1986

About the author

Professor of English and Humanities at the University of Chicago

Reviews

[Shaghayegh (Shay) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well I didn't read it all, but it's a very comprehensive book with a delightful prose. It's a great book to start reading about cinema, not too broad not too detailed

[Van Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great history book about cinema