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They Thought it was a Marvel : Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961), Pioneer of Puppet Animation.
Title:
They Thought it was a Marvel : Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961), Pioneer of Puppet Animation.
Author:
Vries de, Tjitte.
ISBN:
9789048507825
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (577 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: "Preparing Something Wonderful" -- Ch 1. A Want of Sanctuaries -- Ch 2. Everything to Its Own Order -- Ch 3. Stubborn and Ineradicable -- Ch 4. Making Miracles Possible -- Ch 5. An Imaginative Pioneer -- Notes on Part One -- Part Two: "Picture by Picture Movement by Movement" -- 36 Animation Pictures by Arthur Melbourne-Cooper -- How to Use the Filmography -- Ch 6. 28 Animation Pictures and Two Inserts -- Ch 7. The Langford Period 1925-1940 Eight Cinema Advertisements -- Ch 8. Possibles and (Im)probables -- Notes on Part Two - Filmography -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- List of All Animation Film Titles in Part Two - Filmography -- General Index of Part One -- Index of Names and Affairs.
Abstract:
In a world obsessed with 'firsts', this fascinating book with its accompanying DVD analyses the stop-motion films made by the British pioneer filmmaker Arthur Melbourne-Cooper, arguably the maker of the first ever animation.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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