Asserts that much insight may be gained from watching films about the lives of famous individuals; a filmography lists and annotates such treatments of Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, and others. (KS)

Describes the content of an introductory film course which examines the history of the film industry, literature and film, and film as film. (HOD)

Presents a bibliography of works about filmic art and filmic artists that is highly selective in representing such eclectic approaches as rhetorical, literary, cross-media, formal, semiotic, economic, social, psychological, historical, political, philosophical, cultural, stylistic, auteurist, genre, mythic, and ideological. (JK)

Discusses the American film history myth about the chaos of sounds entry into motion picture production and concludes that the major studios were well-prepared for the innovation. (MH)

Discusses the elements of form and dissolution, the discrepancies between meaning and manner, in Visconti's film, "Death in Venice." (TO)

The authors examine all the possibilities for a media study. (MR)

An analysis and review of Truffaut's Wild Child," calling it as compressed and visually discreet a film concerning the teacher/learner world as any ever made. (Author/JB)

Youth-made films plus an 8mm projector make the library an entertaining, informative diversion for indifferent" teenagers. (Author)

The Director of the Telecommunicative Arts training program at Iowa State describes his program's approach to the teaching of broadcasting and film. (LS)

Contains a bibliography of books for those interested in learning about films. The list includes a broad range of materials to cover each historical period and also major works of criticism. (AM)

A rationale for using film in the language arts classroom and suggestions on how to use it. (DD)

Studies Chaplin as a filmmaker and personality by analyzing his writings and background from an astrological perspective. (MH)

Explores silent film actress Norma Talmadge's "star persona" in the 1920s. Focuses on the public discourses that provide the background for Talmadge's departure from the screen. Analyzes why her two "talkies" failed commercially and critically. Concentrates on promotional and publicity materials and on the films themselves. (PA)

Investigates conditions that enable viewers to predict future events while viewing a movie. Hypothesizes that predictions about future events can be supported by visual, auditory, and discursive information. Interprets data from two experiments in terms of pragmatic and causal factors in comprehension. (PA)