Charles Musser

Author of The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907

About the Author

Charles Musser is Professor of American Studies and Film and Media Studies at Yale University. He is the author of The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907 and producer of the documentary Errol Morris: A Lightning Sketch.

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The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907 (1990) 114 copies, 1 review

Before Hollywood: Turn of the Century Film from American Archives (1987) 35 copies, 2 reviews

Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company (The UCLA Film and Television Archives: Studies in History, Criticism, and Theory) (1991) 25 copies

Thomas A Edison and His Kinetographic Motion Pictures (1995) 16 copies

High-Class Moving Pictures: Lyman H. Howe and the Forgotten Era of Traveling Exhibition, 1880-1920 (1991) 9 copies

Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900 : an annotated filmography (1997) 8 copies

Politicking and Emergent Media: US Presidential Elections of the 1890s (2016) 7 copies

Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era (2016) 5 copies

Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982) 4 copies

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter 2 copies

Pioneers of African-American cinema [videorecording] 1 copy

Forgotten Years: American Vitagraph 1901-1905 1 copy

Emergence of Cinema ~ The American Screen until 1907 1 copy

Ancestors of Robert Sturgeon Musser 1 copy

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Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen (1998) — Contributor — 32 copies, 1 review

Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861–2008 (2015) — Contributor, some editions — 29 copies

Film Before Griffith (1983) — Contributor — 20 copies

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Birthdate: 1951-01-16
Gender: male
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Big_Bang_Gorilla 933 reviews

Before Hollywood: Turn of the Century Film from American Archives by Jay Leyda

Being an exhibition catalog of studies of American film prior to WWI. The last half of the book, which consists of an illustrated and annotated filmography, is very good. The first half also has interesting illustrations, but the text consists of critical essays which are extremely pedantic.

May 26, 20111 other review

Newmans2001 184 reviews

Before Hollywood: Turn of the Century Film from American Archives (To accompany film) by Jay Leyda

Some interesting history, but mostly for those making a study of film, otherwise a bit repetitive and boring, otherwise why should I know or care about these people places and companies?

Oct 12, 20221 other review

lateinnings 96 reviews

The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907 (History of the American Cinema, Vol 1) by Charles Musser