LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ... ix
LIST OF CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS ... xvii
PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCES ... xix
PREFACE AND SCKNOWLEDGMENTS ... xxiPart One: The "Caricaturiste"
CHAPTER ONE: A Caricaturist's Life ... 3
CHAPTER TWO: Art for Two Sons ... 43Part Two: The "Cinématographiste"
CHAPTER THREE: The Moving Image ... 91
CHAPTER FOUR: Cinema chez Gaumont ... 115
CHAPTER FIVE: "Hollywood" in france and New Jersey ... 153
CHAPTER SIX: The Father of the Animated Film ... 198Part Three: Toward an "Incoherent Cinema"
CHAPTER SEVEN: Graphic Humor and Early Cinema ... 221
CHAPTER EIGHT: "Incoherent Cinema" ... 257NOTES ... 313
CATALOGUE OF FILMS ... 341
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 377
INDEX ... 397