Jean Desmet and the early Dutch film trade / / Ivo Blom ; [translated by James Lynn].

• Superior document: Film culture in transition
• VerfasserIn: Blom, Ivo Leopold,
• TeilnehmendeR: Lynn, James,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2003.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Film culture in transition.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (472 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).
• Other title: Pionierswerk.; Front matter --; 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
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-451) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1280958782; 9786610958788; 9048505097; 0585496412
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ivo Blom ; [translated by James Lynn].

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.