TY - BOOK AU - Taylor,Richard AU - Christie,Ian TI - The film factory: Russian and Soviet cinema in documents 1896-1939 SN - 041505298X (pbk) AV - PN 1993.5 F487 1994 U1 - 791.43/0947 PY - 1994/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Motion pictures KW - Soviet Union KW - History KW - Sources KW - Cine KW - Historia KW - Unión Soviética KW - Fuentes N1 - Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1988; Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-422) and index N2 - The Film Factory provides a comprehensive documentary history of Russian and Soviet cinema. It provokes a major reassessment of conventional Western understanding of Soviet cinema. Based on extensive research and in original translation, the documents selected illustrate both the aesthetic and political development of Russian and Soviet cinema, from its beginnings as a fairground novelty in 1896 to its emergence as a mass medium of entertainment and propaganda on the eve of World War II. -- publisher description UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0648/95113211-d.html ER -