Stephen Bottomore
Biographic Data
| ID | 3064660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Bottomore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Bottomore |
| SIGNATURE | BOTTOMORE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 62 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 62 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Scholarly research, then and now
In this article, the author looks back at his years of research about early cinema and related media in libraries and archives worldwide, and examines the great number of changes that have taken place since about the 1980s in the organisation of such institutions and in research methods. Aspects that are covered include significant transformations in cataloguing, bibliographic software and digitisation of texts. The author discusses how changes i…
Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema
This might best be described as a ‘scholarly coffee-table book’. It is a large volume: over 30 cm wide and weighing the best part of two kilos, and consists mainly of frame stills of early coloured
Charles Urban: Pioneering the non-fiction film in Britain and America, 1897–1925
Moving color: Early film, mass culture, modernism
Intermedial themes: Recent explorations in and beyond silent film
Harmony and dissent: Film and avant-garde art movements in the early twentieth century
Fight pictures: A history of boxing and early cinema
Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910: Vernacular modernity in France
Marketing modernity: Victorian popular shows and early cinema
Films that work: Industrial film and the productivity of media
Industriële films worden gezien als een apart filmgenre van de twintigste eeuw. Ze werden geproduceerd en gesponsord door de overheid en grote bedrijven en moesten vooral aan de wensen van de sponsors voldoen, en niet zo zeer aan die van de filmmakers. In de hoogtijdagen werkten er duizenden mensen aan deze industriële films. Zo zijn er vakbladen en filmfestivals ontstaan door samenwerking met grote bedrijven als Shell en AT&T. Daarnaast hebben b…
The decline of sentiment: American film in the 1920s
by Lea Jacobs, Berkeley, University of California Press, 2008, xi + 358 pp., $27.50 (paperback), ISBN 9780520254572 For me this book is almost in the ‘excellent’ category, but with one reservation
The uncanny gaze: The drama of early German cinema
The uncanny gaze: The drama of early German cinema." Early Popular Visual Culture, 10(2), p. 206
Shakespeare, film studies, and the visual cultures of modernity
Shakespeare, film studies, and the visual cultures of modernity." Early Popular Visual Culture, 10(1), pp. 100–101
Douglas Fairbanks
Universal women: Filmmaking and institutional change in early Hollywood
Performing illusions: Cinema, special effects and the virtual actor
Performing illusions: cinema, special effects and the virtual actor." Early Popular Visual Culture, 10(1), pp. 95–96 Notes 1. Edwin A. Dawes and Michael Bailey, Circle without End: the Magic Circle 1905-2005 (London: Magic Circle; Centre for the Magic Arts, 2005), 25, 31-32
Carmontelle’s landscape transparencies: Cinema of the Enlightenment
by Laurence Chatel de Brancion, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008, 144 pp., $50.00 (hardback), ISBN 9780892369096 Louis de Carmontelle was an 18th century painter, man of the theatre and much
The fun factory: The Keystone Film Company and the emergence of mass culture
Lloyd Hamilton: Poor boy comedian of silent cinema
Lloyd Hamilton: Poor boy comedian of silent cinema." Early Popular Visual Culture, 10(2), pp. 209–210
Silent cinema in song, 1896-1929: An illustrated history and catalog of songs inspired by the movies and stars, with a list of recordings
From grain to pixel: The archival life of film in transition
Inventing film studies
edited by Lee Grieveson, Haidee Wasson, Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2008, xxxii + 446 pp., $27.95 (paperback), ISBN 9780822343073 I suppose that historiography is bound to be somewhat dry an
Rodolphe Töpffer: The complete comic strips
From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and beyond: Images of India in international films of the 20th century
From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and beyond: Images of India in international films of the 20th century." Early Popular Visual Culture, 9(4), pp. 369–370
Alternative film culture in inter‐war Britain
The Panicking Audience: Early cinema and the 'train effect
1999). The Panicking Audience?: Early cinema and the 'train effect' Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 177-216
Have You Seen the Gaekwar Bob: Filming the 1911 Delhi Durbar
An Amazing Quarter Mile of Moving Gold, Gems and Genealogy’: Filming India's 1902/03 Delhi Durbar
(1995). ‘An Amazing Quarter Mile of Moving Gold, Gems and Genealogy’: filming India's 1902/03 Delhi Durbar. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 495-515
Intermedial themes: Recent explorations in and beyond silent film
Nickelodeon city: Pittsburgh at the movies, 1905–1929
by Michael Aronson. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008, 320 pp., US$24.95 (paperback), ISBN 9780822943228 This is a history of early and silent cinema in an important regional cit
The First Twenty Years of French Cinema (Paris, 4–6 November 1993) and the Musser—Gunning Debate
(1994). The First Twenty Years of French Cinema (Paris, 4–6 November 1993) and the Musser—Gunning Debate. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 215-218
Early cinema studies in the centenary year
An Amazing Quarter Mile of Moving Gold, Gems and Genealogy’: Filming India's 1902/03 Delhi Durbar
(1995). ‘An Amazing Quarter Mile of Moving Gold, Gems and Genealogy’: filming India's 1902/03 Delhi Durbar. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 495-515
Have You Seen the Gaekwar Bob: Filming the 1911 Delhi Durbar
The Panicking Audience: Early cinema and the 'train effect
1999). The Panicking Audience?: Early cinema and the 'train effect' Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 177-216
Archives Section: Morals and Moving Pictures (1910)
News, Reviews and Notes
The Sultan and the cinematograph
In the early years of cinema, monarchs and other absolute rulers developed an unusually strong relationship with the new medium. The Sultan of Morocco, Abdul Aziz, was very interested in film and in other new technologies, but this passion for ‘the new’ alienated him from his traditional subjects and helped lead to his downfall in 1908. The article traces his interest in film, and describes some of the early filmmakers who were based in his court
Short Notices
Scenes of instruction: The beginnings of the US study of film
Travelling cinema in Europe: Sources and perspectives/Wanderkino in Europa
The Keystone Krowd: Mack, Mabel, the Kops and the Girls (1908/1915)
The Story of the Kelly Gang
Networks of entertainment: Early film distribution, 1895–1915
edited by F. Kessler and N. Verhoeff, Eastleigh, John Libbey Publishing, 2007, viii + 334 pp., $27.95 (paperback), ISBN: 9780861966813 Networks of Entertainment: Early Film Distribution, 1895–1915
Rashit Yangirov (1954–2008)
The first male stars: Men of the silent era
Going to the movies: Hollywood and the social experience of cinema; Hollywood in the neighborhood: Historical case studies of local moviegoing
Sessue Hayakawa: Silent cinema and transnational stardom
Diva: Defiance and passion in early Italian cinema
Diva: Defiance and passion in early Italian cinema." , 7(2), pp. 213–214 Notes 1. Martinelli Citation2001. See also Bernardini and Martinelli Citation1985. 2. Modugno Citation1920? Incidentally, Dalle Vacche dates this as 1918, while the Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale gives 1920
Sanctuary cinema: Origins of the Christian film industry
William Haggar (1851–1925): Fairground film‐maker
Workshop review
DVD review
Rodolphe Töpffer: The complete comic strips
From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and beyond: Images of India in international films of the 20th century
From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and beyond: Images of India in international films of the 20th century." Early Popular Visual Culture, 9(4), pp. 369–370
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