IMAGE (1959. vol 8. issue 4.)

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COVER PHOTOGRAPH, EDWARD STEICHEN: MARY PICKFORD. 1927.

EDITORIAL…170
On the increasing awareness of the importance of film archives and preservation.

THE FILMS OF MARY PICKFORD…172
On early screen legend Mary Pickford and her enduring appeal.

AN INDEX TO THE FILMS OF MARY PICKFORD…188
An extensive list of Mary Pickford’s films. Includes title, year, original release date, production company, directors and co-stars, number of reels, and whether or not a positive print is in the Eastman House collection.

NO MAGIC, NO MYSTERY, NO SLEIGHT OF HAND…192
On the first ten years of film exhibition in Rochester, New York. Covers venues, films screened, audience reactions, and the range of projectors and distributors during this first decade.

PRECURSORS OF THE SUB-MINIATURE CAMERA…212
Traces the development of smaller cameras from the daguerreotype era into the early twentieth century. The development of smaller box cameras, such as detective cameras, and sub-miniatures, became more practical with the advent of the gelatin dry plate and roll film.

LOUIS PHILIPPE CLERC, 1875-1959…220
Obituary for the French scientist, teacher, writer and editor in the field of photography.

BOOK REVIEWS…221
THOMAS EAKINS, by Fairfield Porter. New York, George Braziller, Inc., 1959. Cloth bound, $3.95. Paper bound, $1.95. 127 pages. 89 illustrations (16 in color)
PHILIPPE HALSMAN'S JUMP BOOK. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1959. $3.75. 94 pages. 180 illustrations.

QUARTERLY NOTES…222
PHOTOGRAPHY AT MID-CENTURY
GEORGE BASCOMB DRYDEN, 1869-1959
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM ARCHIVES

INDEX TO VOLUME EIGHT…224

Citation Information

Author : Lyons, Nathan, ed.
Title  : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House
Volume : 8
Number : 4
Date   : December, 1959