TY - BOOK AU - Thorsen,Isak TI - Nordisk Films Kompagni 1906-1924: The Rise and Fall of the Polar Bear T2 - KINtop Series SN - 9780861969302 AV - PN1999.N6.T467 2017 U1 - 791.4309489 PY - 2017/// CY - Bloomington PB - John Libbey & Company, Limited KW - Nordisk films kompagni--History KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1906-1909 The Birth of the Polar Bear -- 1910-1914 The Rise of the Polar Bear -- 1914-1917 The Growth of the Polar Bear -- 1918-1924 The Fall of the Polar Bear -- Recapitulation -- Sources and Bibliography -- Appendices -- Index N2 - Among the many topics and themes 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5087788 ER -