TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacobson,Brian R.
TI  - Studios before the system: architecture, technology, and the emergence of cinematic space 
T2  - Film and culture
SN  - 9780231172806 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - PN 1993.5.U6 J17s 2015
U1  - 384 
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Motion picture studios
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Motion picture industry
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index; Includes filmography; Introduction: studios and systems -- Black boxes and open-air stages: film studio technology and environmental control from the laboratory to the rooftop -- Georges Meliáes's "glass house": cineplasticity for a human-built world -- Dark studios and daylight factories: building cinema in New York City -- Studio factories and studio cities: Paris's cites du cinema and the inconsistency of modernity -- The studio beyond the studio: nature, technology, and location in Southern California -- Conclusion: more than "dream factories"
ER  -