Emile Cohl, Caricature, and Film / / Donald Crafton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Crafton, Donald,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1046
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)

This is the definitive biography of Emile Cohl (1857-1938), one of the most important pioneers of the art of the animated cartoon and an innovative contributor to popular graphic humor at a critical moment when it changed from traditional caricature to the modern comic strip. This profusely illustrated book provides not only a wealth of information on Cohl's life but also an analysis of his contribution to the development of the animation film in both France and the United States and an interpretation of how the new genre fit into the historical shift from a "primitive" to a "classical" cinema. "Beautiful in look and design, with stunning reproductions from films and newspapers, Emile Cohl, Caricature, and Film offers a biography of a figure who virtually created the European art of animation. In its theory and history, the book is one of the most important contributions to [the field of animated film]. But [it] is central for film study per se, offering a fresh, exciting look at the complicated world of early cinema."--Dana Polan, Film QuarterlyOriginally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF CHARTS AND DIAGRAM -- PHOTOGRAPHIC SOURCES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART ONE: The "Caricaturiste" -- CHAPTER ONE: A Caricaturist's Life -- CHAPTER TWO: Art for Two Sous -- PART TWO: The "Cinematographiste" -- CHAPTER THREE: The Moving Image -- CHAPTER FOUR: Cinema chez Gaumont -- CHAPTER FIVE: "Hollywood" in France and New Jersey -- CHAPTER SIX: The Father of the Animated Film -- PART THREE: Toward an "Incoherent Cinema" -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Graphic Humor and Early Cinema -- CHAPTER EIGHT: "Incoherent Cinema" -- NOTES -- CATALOGUE OF FILMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX