{"product_id":"a-million-and-one-nights-a-history-of-the-motion-picture","title":"A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture","description":"lxx, 868 pp. \"A Million and One Nights tells the legendary panoramic story of the development of the motion picture, from Muybridge's race horse photography and Edison's early Kinetoscope through the golden era of silent films. Originally published in 1926 in a limited two-volume edition (each copy of which was signed by Thomas Edison) and later in a popular edition, the book was hailed as the first authentic film history. Terry Ramsaye knew the men and women who made film history; he was one of them. Rich in detail and lively anecdote, A Million and One Nights has remained the classic work on the early history of the motion picture. It is issued now with contents identical to those of the original, including 96 rare photographs.\" ABOUT THE AUTHOR: \"Terry Ramsaye (2 November 1885, Tonganoxie, Kansas - 19 August 1954, Norwalk, Connecticut) was a film historian and author of A Million and One Nights (New York: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 1926). Ramsaye started his professional career as an engineer but switched to journalism when he joined the staff of the Kansas City Star and Times in 1905. In the following decade, he worked on newspapers in Leavenworth, Kansas, and in Omaha, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Chicago. The motion picture industry was in its infancy when he joined Mutual Film Corporation in 1915. While at Mutual, he produced some Charlie Chaplin comedies and founded Screen Telegram, which achieved conspicuous success during World War I. Subsequently he was associated with Samuel Roxy Rothafel in the management of Broadway's Rialto and Rivoli theaters. He also launched and edited the newsreel Kinograms. After producing and editing numerous adventure films including Grass (1925) and Simba: King of the Beasts (1928) with explorers Martin and Osa Johnson, he became editor-in-chief of Pathe News and Audio Review. In 1931, Ramsaye joined the Quigley Publishing Company as editor of The Motion Picture Herald, a post he held until 1941. Subsequently, he lectured on motion pictures and contributed articles to various encyclopedias and year books. He continued his association with Quigley as consulting editor and author of a weekly column for the Herald until his death in 1954.\" -- Wikipedia","brand":"Frank Cass \u0026 Co., Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20537045778502,"sku":"2279312","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2279312.jpg?v=1571426316","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/a-million-and-one-nights-a-history-of-the-motion-picture","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}