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Balio, Tino. Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939. Oxford: Maxwell Macmillan, 1993. Hollywood enters the modern era.
Barnes, John. The Beginnings of the Cinema in England. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1976. Includes list of films.
Barnes, John. The Rise of the Cinema in Great Britain: Jubilee Year, 1897. London: Bishopsgate Press, 1983. 
Barnes, John. Pioneers of the British Film 1898: the Rise of the Photography. London: Bishopsgate Press, 1983. 
Bowser, Eileen. The Transformation of Cinema: 1907-1915. New York: Scribner, University of California, 1990. Standard historical survey.
Brown, Karl. Adventures with D. W. Griffith. London: Secker & Warburg, 1973. Scenario writer's account of work with the legendary producer.
Brownlow, Kevin. The Parade's Gone By. London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. Substantial illustrated history.
Finler, Joel. The Hollywood Story. London: Pyramid; Mandarin, Thorough entertaining guide, with good bibliography.
Gomery, Douglas. Shared Pleasures: A History of Movie Presentation in the United States. London: BFI Publishing, 1992. Excellent study of showing of films, with good bibliography.
Koszarski, Richard. An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture 1915-1928. Oxford: Maxwell Macmillan, 1990. Evocation of a great era.
Leyda, Jay (ed.). Voices of Film Experience: 1894 to the present. London: Collier Macmillan, 1977. Participants speak.
Low, Rachael, and Manvell, Roger. The History of the British Film. London: Allen & Unwin, 1948-1973. v. 1: 1896-1906; v. 2:1906-1914; v. 3: 1918-1929; v. 4: 1929-1939.
Musser, Charles. The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907. Oxford: Maxwell Macmillan, 1990. First volume of standard history, continued by Eileen Bowser's coverage of 1907-1915.
Roysten, Leo C. Hollywood: The Movie Colony, The Movie Makers. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1941. The place, the people, the industry.
Salt, Barry. Film Style and Technology: History and Analysis. London: Starword, 1992. Specialized history, with good bibliography.
Walker, Alexander. The Shattered Silents: How the Talkies Came to Stay. London: Harrap, 1986. Entertaining history of a major transition, by leading film critic.
Early Cinema
Barnes, John. The Beginnings of the Cinema in England. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1976. Includes list of films.
Barnes, John. The Rise of the Cinema in Great Britain: Jubilee Year, 1897. London: Bishopsgate Press, 1983. 
Barnes, John. Pioneers of the British Film 1898: the Rise of the Photography. London: Bishopsgate Press, 1983. 
Bowser, Eileen. The Transformation of Cinema: 1907-1915. New York: Scribner, 1990. Standard historical survey.
Brown, Karl. Adventures with D. W. Griffith. London: Secker & Warburg, 1973. Scenario writer's account of work with the legendary producer.
Brownlow, Kevin. The Parade's Gone By. London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. Substantial illustrated history.
Koszarski, Richard. An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture 1915-1928. Oxford: Maxwell Macmillan, 1990. Evocation of a great era.
Leyda, Jay (ed.). Voices of Film Experience: 1894 to the present. London: Collier Macmillan, 1977. Participants speak.
Low, Rachael, and Manvell, Roger. The History of the British Film London: Allen & Unwin, 1948-1973. 4 vols, v. 1: 1896-1906; v. 2:1906-1914; v. 3: 1918-1929; v. 4: 1929-1939.
Musser, Charles. The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907. Oxford: Maxwell Macmillan, 1990. First volume of standard history, continued by Eileen Bowser's coverage of 1907-1915.
Salt, Barry Film Style and Technology: History and Analysis. London: Starwood, 1992. Specialized history, with good bibliography.

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