Books and Plays in Films, 1896-1915 Literary, Theatrical, and Artistic Sources of the First Twenty Years of Motion Pictures

This is the world's first catalogue of cinematograph films adapted from literary, artistic and other media sources for the period 1896 through 1915: the first twenty years of motion pictures. It includes novels, plays, non-fiction books, short stories, biographies, poems,operas, songs, cartoons and comic strips. The main arrangement is by author/creator, whose 861 names are arranged alphabetically, under which the film adaptations are listed chronologically. This book relates only to silent pictures, of course, and as production and distribution was global at the time, films are included from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Canada, Scandinavia, Japan and other countries. A checklist of the 239 film companies included will be found as an appendix in the back of the book.