F
Facial expression films, 169 , 173 , 194 , 250 . See also Emblematic shots
Fads, 349
Fairy tale films, 139 , 200 -208, 340 , 349 -51
Famous Players Film Company, 230 , 275 , 464 -75
Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF): 1978 conference, 3 , 492 n.8
Fenin, George, 254
Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Col.), 108 -9, 209
Fight Films, 10 , 32 , 43 , 45 -46, 47 -50, 53 , 79 -80, 139 -40, 191 -92, 310 ;
Film audiences. See Audiences
Film continuity. See Continuity
Film copyright. See Copyright
Film developing and printing, 144 -45, 154 , 179 , 251 , 316 , 330 , 336 , 387 -88, 389 -90, 417 ;
double printing, 223 -24, 425 ;
increased efficiency of, 332 , 333 ;
masks, 273 , 345 , 346 , 414 , 419 ;
mattes, 193 , 263 -64, 412 , 414 ;
optical reduction printing, 192 -93. See also Special effects
Film editing. See Editing
Filmed theater, 22 , 50 -52, 65 , 101 , 121 -23, 138 , 242 -45, 287 -89, 393 -94, 395 , 396 -97, 400 , 464 -69. See also Plays; Popular culture
Film exchanges: and Edison-Biograph licensed associations, 376 -82, 434 -36, 437 -38;
formal release day for films introduced, 378 ;
and Motion Picture Patents Co., 440 -45, 471 ;
origins of, 280 -81, 328 -29, 332 , 374 -75. See also individual exchanges
Film exhibition. See Exhibition venues; Exhibitors; Traveling exhibition
Film Index . See Views and Film Index
Film prices. See Prices
Film production:
—actualities versus acted/fiction films, 63 ,
67 , 160 , 276 , 282 -84, 292 , 370 , 378 -79, 528 nn.139-40
—centralization of creative responsibility, 151 , 152 -53, 157 , 198 -200, 201 -2, 229 -30, 233 -34, 449 , 461 -63
—continuities with process of invention, 32 -35
—described by period documents, 125 -26, 147 -48, 213 -14, 271 -72, 337 -39, 386 -90
—homosocial nature of, 106 -7
—miniatures used in, 331 , 331 , 342
—move toward specialization and hierarchy, 390 -93, 449 , 454 -57, 471 -73
—multi-unit filming of single events, 140 -41, 187 , 194
—nonspecialization, 336 -37, 390 , 393 -94, 463
—production units: multiple studio production units, 416 -18, 448 -49, 453 , 454 -55, 468 , 546 n.67;
multiple units within one company, 105 ;
single units, 105
—subsidized by transportation companies, 95 -96, 98 -100, 108 , 109 -12
—synchronous sound films, 151 -52
—time needed for making films, 200 , 336 -37, 391 , 451
Film Service Association (FSA), 377 -81, 434 , 437 -38, 440 -41, 443 -44. See also United Film Service Protective Association
clear versus semi-opaque stock, 76 , 87 , 503 n.62;
cost of, 440 ;
Lumière versus Edison perforations, 98 ;
move toward technological standardization, 197 , 239 ;
nitrate deterioration, 95, 460 ;
non flammable film stock tested, 457 ;
perforations, 179 . See also Blair Camera Company; Eastman Kodak Company
Film subjects: animation, 317 -20, 323 , 331 , 350 , 409 , 410 , 531 n.29;
bad-boy comedies, 143 , 267 -72, 312 , 342 -47, 363 , 415 , 422 ;
chase films, 259 -60, 280 -82, 286 -87, 354 -55, 391 , 415 ;
comedies, 113 -14, 138 , 143 , 148 , 163 -74, 179 , 189 -90, 198 -99, 208 , 209 -11, 245 -50, 256 , 259 , 262 -64, 267 -72, 274 -75, 280 -82, 284 -86, 287 , 303 -4, 307 , 310 , 311 -14, 317 -22, 332 , 342 -53, 409 -10, 412 -13, 415 , 423 ;
commissioned films, 190 -91;
crime films, 253 -59, 286 -87, 292 -303, 310 , 311 -17, 428 , 430 -31;
facial expression films, 169 , 173 , 194 , 250 ;
fairy tale films, 139 , 200 -208, 340 , 349 -51;
family-centered dramas, 223 -24, 292 -304, 305 -7, 308 , 314 -16, 332 , 356 -59, 410 -12, 422 , 423 ;
fight films, 10 , 32 , 43 , 45 -46, 47 -50, 53 , 79 -80, 139 -40, 191 -92, 310 ;
filmed theater, 22 , 50 -52, 101 , 121 -23, 138 , 242 -45, 287 -89, 393 -94, 395 , 396 -97, 400 , 424 -26, 464 -69;
fire rescue films, 51 , 52 , 95 , 148 , 212 -34, 351 -52;
historical subjects, 55 , 138 , 336 -40, 364 -66, 395 , 424 -25, 430 -31, 464 -65, 534 n.47;
kidnapping films, 314 -16;
kiss films, 81 , 65 , 65 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 89 , 90 , 245 -49, 247 , 262 -64, 267 , 287 , 304 , 304 , 486 ;
melodramas, 292 -303, 305 -7, 332 , 407 -9, 421 -22, 424 , 461 -62, 465 -70, 534 n.47;
railway films, 66 -67, 95 -96, 97, 98 , 99 -100, 105 , 106 , 180 , 191 , 241 , 260 -65, 286 -87, 316 -17;
reenactments, 146 , 188 -90, 193 -94, 257 -59, 307 -8, 427 , 518 n.85;
tramp come-dies, 165 , 173 -74, 180 , 263 , 287 , 311 -12;
trick films, 139 , 176 , 341 -42, 404 -5, 423 , 429 -30, 447 , 460 ;
war films (acted), 146 -48, 150 -51, 181 -84, 273 -74, 415 -16;
westerns, 254 , 360 -63, 407 , 460 -61;
workplace films, 32 -35, 35 , 39 , 42 , 51 , 67 , 102 , 245 -48, 355 . See also Actualities; Popular culture
Financial data: for Eden Musee, 120 ;
for kinetoscope parlors, 45 ;
for Kleine, 482 -85;
for Motion Picture Patents Co., 439 -41, 443 ;
royalties received by Edison, 144 -45, 161 , 382 , 442 ;
salaries of Edison personnel, 161 , 178 , 192 , 236 , 240 , 265 , 291 -92, 383 -84, 391 , 417 , 449 , 453 -55;
sales, expenses, and profits for Edison Co., 44 , 47 , 93 , 114 , 142 -43, 145 , 146 , 156 , 159 , 186 , 195 , 240 , 288 -89, 317 -18, 322 -24, 329 -30, 332 , 383 -85, 417 , 448 , 456 , 457 , 464 , 472 , 474 , 475 , 480 -81. See also Prices
Fire films, 51 , 52 , 95 , 148 , 212 -34, 351 -52
A Fireman's Christmas Eve (vaudeville play), 220 -21
Fires: motion picture-related, 157 , 191 , 238 , 445
Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 466 -67, 467 , 472
Fitzsimmons, Robert, 139
Flattery, James H., 395
Fleming, George S., 10 ;
collaborative production with Porter, 160 -61, 192 , 339 ;
leaves Edison, 240 ;
salary, 161
Foley, J. G., 92 -93
Ford, Hugh, 161 , 470 , 549 n.45, 549 n.50
Ford, John, 1
Foreign films and lantern slides: acquired overseas for exhibition purposes, 144 , 197 , 239 ;
duped by the Edison Co., 190 , 192 , 194 , 198 , 235 , 238 , 239 -40, 253 , 256 , 274 , 277 -78, 279 , 516 n.45;
influence and impact on American industry, 259 . See also Méliès, Georges; Pathé Frères; other individual producers
Forepaugh's Wild West Show, 23
Fourier, Henri, 192
1492 (musical comedy), 50 , 62
Fox, William, 328 -29, 374 , 380
Frazer, Jinnie, 392
Frazer, John, 392
French, Bernard J. (Jim), 449
Frick, Henry, 19
Frohman, Charles: on vitascope, 77 , 89
Frohman, Daniel, 464 -65
Fuller, Amy, 84
Fuller, Mary, 464
Furniss, Harry, 464