Richard Abel's magisterial new book radically rewrites the history of French cinema between 1896 and 1914, particularly during the years when Pathé-Frères, th

Richard Abel's magisterial new book radically rewrites the history of French cinema between 1896 and 1914, particularly during the years when Pathé-Frères, th

The Description for this book, French Cinema: The First Wave, 1915-1929, will be forthcoming.

Leading scholars of opera and film explore the many ways these two seemingly unrelated genres have come together from the silent-film era to today.