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German 1152: Berlin: Sin City, Divided City, City of the Future: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Catalogs

Professor: Jill Smith Librarian: Carmen Greenlee (cgreenle@bowdoin.edu ) Spring 2014

Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Catalogs

Critical dictionary of film and television theory
London ; New York : Routledge, 2001
Main Ref; PN1993.45 .C75 2001

The new historical dictionary of the American film industry / Anthony Slide
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1998
Main Ref PN1993.5.U6 S539 1998
Less emphasis on individuals and more on film production companies and technique.

Encyclopedia of European cinema / edited by Ginette Vincendeau
New York, NY : Facts on File, c1995
Main Ref PN1993.5.E8 E53 1995
People, history, genre and traditions of cinema by country are covered.

Films by genre : 775 categories, styles, trends, and movements defined, with a filmography for each / by Daniel Lopez
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1993
Main Ref PN1998 .L63 1993

The new film index; a bibliography of magazine articles in English, 1930-1970, by Richard Dyer MacCann and Edward S. Perry. With special editorial assistance by Mikki Moisio
New York, Dutton, 1975
Main Ref Z5784.M9 M29 1975

West German cinema since 1945 : a reference handbook / by Richard C. Helt and Marie E. Helt
Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1987
Main Ref PN1993.5.G3 H435 1987
For each film there is a synopsis, names of principle contributors, running time and year it was released.