Dana Polan writes:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>         I would love any suggestions for a project I am working on on the
 early
> days of film study in the US.
> Any suggestions of bibliograpy (primary and secondary works) as well as
> research leads would be appreciated.
>
>
> 1.  Columbia--where Frances Patterson and Victor Freeburg teach photoplay
> courses in the teens;
 
Dana,  Glad to see this as an old Columbia alumnus.  You may already be
familiar with Patterson's book Cinema Craftsmanship (N.Y.:  Harcourt,
Brace, 1920), which is based on her Columbia lectures in the teens.  This
is a must when dealing with Patterson.   I suspect that the oral history
collection at Columbia University might also yield a few nuggets.
 
Don't neglect White's photography courses at Teachers' College at Columbia.
Karl Struss and others studied there in the teens.
 
Mark
 
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