Archival Spaces 268 Seeing by Electricity. The Emergence of Television, 1878-1939 Uploaded 30 April 2021 Even though we think of television as only coming to public consciousness several decades after the birth of cinema, one of the epiphanies of Doron Galilli’s new book, Seeing by Electricity. The Emergence of Television, 1878-1939 (Duke University Press, 2020), is thatContinue reading “268: The Emergence of Early Television 1878-1939”
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261: My Fifty Years in Film Studies
Archival Spaces 261 My 50 Years in Film Studies Uploaded 22 January 2021 After my freshman year at Ohio University, which ended prematurely with the Ohio National Guard occupying campus in the wake of the Kent State killings, I transferred to the University of Delaware, because my parents had moved there from Germany and IContinue reading “261: My Fifty Years in Film Studies”
259: Dutch Films in the 1930s
Archival Spaces 259 Cinefest: 33rd Film Historical Congress Uploaded 30 December 2020 The 17th International Festival of German Film Patrimony, sponsored by the Hamburg Cinegraph, was accompanied by a film historical conference from 20 – 22 November under the heading, “Cinema, War and Tulips. German-Dutch Film Relations.” As in the case of the film festival (see ArchivalContinue reading “259: Dutch Films in the 1930s”
254: Giornate del cinema muto
Archival Spaces 254 Giornate del cinema muto: Limited Edition Downloaded 23 October 2020 Given the continued worldwide COVID pandemic, the organizers of the Giornate del cinema muto, decided to stage an abridged version of the “Days of Silent Film” online, 3-10 October 2020. Each day’s program included at least one feature, – always a newContinue reading “254: Giornate del cinema muto”
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