Nordisk Films Kompagni 1906-1924: The Rise and Fall of the Polar Bear is the first comprehensive study of the Danish film company, Nordisk Films Kompagni, in the silent era. Based on archival research, primarily in the company's surviving business archives, this volume of KINtop describes and analyzes how Nordisk Film became one of the leading players in the world market and why the company failed to maintain this position. Written from perspective of Nordisk Film as a business and organization, from its establishment in 1906 until 1924 when founder Ole Olsen stepped back, this volume examines…mehr
Nordisk Films Kompagni 1906-1924: The Rise and Fall of the Polar Bear is the first comprehensive study of the Danish film company, Nordisk Films Kompagni, in the silent era. Based on archival research, primarily in the company's surviving business archives, this volume of KINtop describes and analyzes how Nordisk Film became one of the leading players in the world market and why the company failed to maintain this position. Written from perspective of Nordisk Film as a business and organization, from its establishment in 1906 until 1924 when founder Ole Olsen stepped back, this volume examines are the competitive advantages Nordisk Film gained in reorganizing the production to multiple-reel films around 1910; the company's highly efficient film production which anticipated the departmentalized organization of Hollywood; Nordisk Film's aggressive expansion strategy in Germany, Central-Europe and Russia during the First World War; and the grand plans for taking control of UFA in association with the American Famous Players in the post-war years.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Isak Thorsen is Research Assistant in the Section of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen and holds a PhD in Film Studies. He contributed to the anthology "100 Years of Nordisk Film" (DFI 2006) and has written for the journals Film History, Kosmorama, 16:9, Mifune and Sentura . He is editor and author of the Danish entries in the Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema (Scarecrow 2012).
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Introduction The Research Tradition The Film Historical Tradition Approach The Structure of This Book 1906-1909 Ole Olsen Biograf-Theatret Olsen's First Films The International Film Industry Open and Closed Markets From Entrepreneur to Modern Industrial Enterprise The Printing Laboratory The Technical Quality of the Films Colourization of the Films Actualities The First Fiction Films The Studio in Valby The Artistic Quality The Polar Bear on the Globe Nordisk's Protection of its Films Pathé Frères and Gaumont Nordisk's Distribution Network Agents and Distributors A Tiny Little Mosquito against a Big, Big Elephant The Congress of Fools 1910-1914 Reorganization of the Company Den hvide Slavehandel The Dangerous Age The Founding of the Limited Company The Bank Syndicate "Long and Artistic Films are our Future Motto" Opposition to the Long Films Exclusive System, Monopolfilm and Distribution The Script Department Censorship and Self-Regulation Guidelines for Scriptwriters The Censorship Memoranda Russian Endings Nordisk's Positioning of its Films Actors and Stars Autorenfilm The Organization of the Film Factory Bureaucratization Hollywood in Copenhagen Capital Gains Olsen's Sale and Stockjobbing Expansion in the USA 1914-1917 The Outbreak of World War I Russische Schreckensregimente an der Ostgrenze "Nordisk Films Kompagni Will Now Become the Biggest in the World" Fotorama Filmsbureau A/S and Swedish companies Nordisk's Expansion Policy in Germany Expansion in Russia "They Thought We Were German" Ban on Luxury Goods in Germany The Second Expansion of the Share Capital Aubert and the Black List The European Shareholding Company The Black Lists The July Letter 1918-1924 After the War Artistic Decline? New Trade Conditions The Estate after the War The European and the American Film Industry The New Production Method Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft Colosseum in Flensborg DAFCO Famous Players A New, Big Combination The Liquidation of DAFCO and the UFA Capital Metropolteatret and Fotorama The Depreciation of the Share Capital The Shareholders' Group Recapitulation Sources and Bibliography
Introduction The Research Tradition The Film Historical Tradition Approach The Structure of This Book 1906-1909 Ole Olsen Biograf-Theatret Olsen's First Films The International Film Industry Open and Closed Markets From Entrepreneur to Modern Industrial Enterprise The Printing Laboratory The Technical Quality of the Films Colourization of the Films Actualities The First Fiction Films The Studio in Valby The Artistic Quality The Polar Bear on the Globe Nordisk's Protection of its Films Pathé Frères and Gaumont Nordisk's Distribution Network Agents and Distributors A Tiny Little Mosquito against a Big, Big Elephant The Congress of Fools 1910-1914 Reorganization of the Company Den hvide Slavehandel The Dangerous Age The Founding of the Limited Company The Bank Syndicate "Long and Artistic Films are our Future Motto" Opposition to the Long Films Exclusive System, Monopolfilm and Distribution The Script Department Censorship and Self-Regulation Guidelines for Scriptwriters The Censorship Memoranda Russian Endings Nordisk's Positioning of its Films Actors and Stars Autorenfilm The Organization of the Film Factory Bureaucratization Hollywood in Copenhagen Capital Gains Olsen's Sale and Stockjobbing Expansion in the USA 1914-1917 The Outbreak of World War I Russische Schreckensregimente an der Ostgrenze "Nordisk Films Kompagni Will Now Become the Biggest in the World" Fotorama Filmsbureau A/S and Swedish companies Nordisk's Expansion Policy in Germany Expansion in Russia "They Thought We Were German" Ban on Luxury Goods in Germany The Second Expansion of the Share Capital Aubert and the Black List The European Shareholding Company The Black Lists The July Letter 1918-1924 After the War Artistic Decline? New Trade Conditions The Estate after the War The European and the American Film Industry The New Production Method Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft Colosseum in Flensborg DAFCO Famous Players A New, Big Combination The Liquidation of DAFCO and the UFA Capital Metropolteatret and Fotorama The Depreciation of the Share Capital The Shareholders' Group Recapitulation Sources and Bibliography
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