Méliès Boots: Footwear and Film Manufacturing in Second Industrial Revolution Paris

by Matthew Solomon

Before he became an influential cinematic innovator, Georges M?li?s (1861-1938) was a maker of deluxe French footwear, an illusionist, and a caricaturist. Proceeding from these beginnings, M?li?s Boots traces how the full trajectory of Georges M?li?s' career during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, along with the larger cultural and historical contexts in which M?li?s operated, shaped his cinematic oeuvre. Solomon examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472055585
• ISBN13: 9780472055586
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"