Cinema in the Twentieth Century Author:Brenda Mann This is a history of the cinema in "The Twentieth Century" series which aims to cover a wide variety of subjects and follows their progression and development in the twentieth century. This title looks at the cinema from the first silent films in the 1900s up until today's blockbusters, following developments and new techniques. The coming of so... more »und in 1927 revolutionized the cinema and directors, camera operators and actors all had to adapt to the new techniques. The Hollywood "Dream Factory", animated films, documentaries, uses and industries in Europe, the USSR, Australia and India are discussed. The use of film as propaganda is described in a chapter on the Second World War and after. The 1950s growth in television ownership and home video ownership in the 1980s and effects on cinema audiences are discussed, as is art cinema and cinema today.« less