Part One: The Actual

The development of the film

The various forms of cinema

The American film

The American film (continued)

The American film (concluded)

The Soviet film

The German film

The French film

The British film

Films from other countries

Part Two: The Theoretical

The aim of the film in general and in particular

The preconception of dramatic content by scenario organization

The methods of expression of dramatic content by film construction: The process of the visual cinema, The visual and the audible cinema

Part Three: The Film Since Then

The American film 1929-48: Subject and themes, Directors, writers and producers, Three independents: Chaplin, Disney, Flaherty

The European cinema 1929-48: The French film, The British film, The Soviet Film, The German film, the Italian film, Films from other countries

Appendices

The production units of some outstanding films: Fiction films, Documentary films, Trick, cartoon, puppet and other kinds of specialized and experimental films.

Glossary: Some terms used in the film industry, Technical terms used mainly in production, Terms in general use in the trade as a whole

Selected book list: British and American, Foreign

Extracts from a programme printed in connection with a memorial performance held of Carl Mayer�s work, Scala Theatre, London, April 13, 1947

Epilogue 1948-1958

Countries Surveyed:

United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway), Other European countries (West Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Yugoslavia), Soviet Union, Eastern Europe (Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary), British Commonwealth (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, Ghana, Malaya, Pakistan, India), Asia (Japan, China), Latin America (Mexico, Argentine, Puerto Rico)

Concusion.