Details

Subject(s)

• Napoléon (Motion picture : 1927) [Browse]
• Napoleon I Emperor of the French 1769-1821—In motion pictures [Browse]

Related name

• Ballard, Bambi [Browse]

Summary note

"This book describes how Abel Gance's classic 1927 film was made, and how it came to survive in truncated versions which did it no justice. It also describes the painstaking reconstruction and the battles to get it shown - battles which are still being fought to this day."--BOOK JACKET.

Notes

Previous ed.: London: Cape, 1983.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• The Making
• The Fuse Is Lit
• Chasseur d'images
• Pictures in the Fire
• The Sum of Recollection
• Unsung Heroes
• Anything Possible
• The Search for Napoleon
• 'On tourne!'
• The Enchanted Isle
• Entr'acte
• The Siege of Toulon
• Cordeliers and Convention
• Sweep of Empire
• Flame in the Shadows
• The Music of Light
• Ten-day Wonder
• Defeat in America
• The Reconstruction
• Nothing to Declare
• A Gnashing of Teeth
• Too Good to Last
• Vin de l'Empereur
• Somebody Has to Do It
• On the Firing Line
• A Whiff of Grapeshot
• A Meeting of Eagles
• Fortune Favours the Brave
• Strings Attached
• Gala Derniere
• Fortissimo
• Cresting the Wave
• 'The Measure for All Other Films, Forever'
• Postscript (2001)
• Letter from Abel Gance to Noe Bloch
• Cast and Credits
• The Different Versions of Napoleon.

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ISBN

1844570770 (pbk.)

OCLC

57485291

RCP

H - S

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