Table of Contents
CHAPTER I THE MOVIE’S NEW SIGNIFICANCE
CHAPTER II THE MOVIE AT ITS BIRTH
CHAPTER III THE MOVIE’S FIRST STEPS
CHAPTER IV THE MOVIE GOES TO THE BAD
CHAPTER V THE MOVIE DEVELOPS A CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER VI THE MOVIE AND THE LIBRARY
CHAPTER VII THE MOVIE’S APPETITE FOR PLOTS
CHAPTER VIII THE MOVIE AND THE CONTINUITY WRITER
CHAPTER IX THE MOVIE IMPROVES ITS MORALS
CHAPTER X THE MOVIE MAKETH—WHAT KIND OF A MAN?
CHAPTER XI THE MOVIE AND THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC RELATIONS
CHAPTER XII THE MOVIE AS A PEDAGOGUE
CHAPTER XIII THE MOVIE INTERPRETING THE PAST
CHAPTER XIV THE MOVIE TAKES ON NEW FUNCTIONS
CHAPTER XV THE MOVIE AS A WORLD POWER
CHAPTER XVI THE MOVIE AND THE CENSOR
CHAPTER XVII THE MOVIE AS A WORLD LANGUAGE
CHAPTER XVIII THE MOVIE AS THE HOPE OF CIVILIZATION
APPENDIX A STATISTICS SHOWING THE SCOPE OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
APPENDIX B THE SCREEN AS A NEW LIFE GIVER TO LITERARY CLASSICS
APPENDIX C WHAT MASSACHUSETTS THINKS OF MOTION PICTURE CENSORSHIP
APPENDIX D SIGNIFICANT DATES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOTION PICTURE
APPENDIX E WHAT THE MOVIE HAS DONE FOR A GREAT RAILROAD
APPENDIX F FACTS AND FIGURES SHOWING THAT THE SCREEN HAS BECOME THE FIRST WORLD CONQUEROR