Jean Desmet and the Early Dutch Film Trade / / Ivo Blom.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Blom, Ivo,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Film Culture in Transition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (480 p.) :; Richly illustrated

The Netherlands Film Museum's Desmet Collection contains the estate of Dutch cinema owner and film distributor Jean Desmet (1875-1956): almost nine hundred European and American films of all genres, a collection of publicity material, and a massive business archive. These three sources form the basis of this book, the first comprehensive reconstruction of Desmet's career. From his nomadic beginnings as a traveling showman to his successful switch to permanent cinema operation and film distribution, Blom shows how Desmet's fortunes encapsulated a series of structural changes within the new culture of the cinema.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Unidentified Films -- Historical Currencies -- Introduction -- I. La Comète Belge -- II. In the Beginning... -- III. Gold Rush -- IV. Film Market Europe -- V. White Slave Girls and German Kultur -- VI. Onésime et Son Collègue -- VII. Das Ende vom Lied -- VIII. Quo Vadis? -- IX. Afterlife -- X. In Retrospect -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Photo credits -- Index of Film Titles -- General Index