Embattled shadows : a history of Canadian cinema, 1895-1939
A history of Canadian film-making in the years before the establishment of the National Film Board of Canada in 1939. It begins with an account of the travelling showmen who brought the movies to communities across the country, and discusses the films produced in Canada before World War I.
Print Book, English, ©1978
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, ©1978
History
350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780773503229, 9780773503236, 9780773560727, 0773503226, 0773503234, 0773560726
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Preface Preface to the 1992 Reprint 1. Came the Dawn Enter the Hollands Movies at the Fair Living Pictures Now Being Shown Catering to the Refined 2. The Early Years Images of Canada But No Snow or Ice Scenes Adventures in the Northwoods It Surely is a Good Beginning 3. The Years of Promise Hollywood of the North Blooms in Innocence 4. Ten Percent Ernie Search for a Dream On to Ottawa Dark Day's Morning 5. The State and the Movies "Civil Servants as Film Makers"; Ontario and Two Producers, Rampant"; " British Columbia et al. And Trenton Again"; " How to Take Care of the Means And Forget the Meaning"; "6. The Years of the Quota"; "North of 49"; "Victoria's Quota Quickies"; "All But Canadian"; "7. Supporting Program"; "Ben Norrish Again with Gordon Sparling" ; "An End and a Beginning "; "8. Postscript "; Appendix I: A Chronology of Film in Canada, 1894-1913; ""Appendix II: Filmography: Select List of Canadian Productions, 1913-1939; Notes; Film Title Index
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