Carol O'Sullivan was awarded a PhD in Modern and Medieval Languages by the University of Cambridge in 2002. Prior to taking up a post at the University of Bristol in 2013, she taught at the Universities of East Anglia and Portsmouth. She has published articles and book chapters on audiovisual translation, multimodality, translation history, and literary translation, and is the author of Translating Popular Film (2011). Her current project is on the history of subtitling in English-speaking territories. She is a past Board member of the European Society for Translation Studies, and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Translation Studies.Jean-François Cornu is a professional translator specialising in subtitling and the translation from English into French of books on cinema and art. A former Senior Lecturer at the University of Rennes-2, France, he is also an independent film researcher focusing on the history and practice of film translation, and the work of Alfred Hitchcock. In 2014, he published Le doublage et le sous-titrage : histoire esthétique (Dubbing and subtitling: history and aesthetics). He is a member of ATAA, the French association of audiovisual translators, and co-founder of its online journal L'Écran traduit.

The Translation of Films, 1900-1950 is a truly remarkable achievement, illustrating the potential of archival research in AVT (audiovisual translation)studies. Aiming "to set the agenda for research on the history of film translation" (11), this ground-breaking book makes a significant contribution to both AVT and Film Studies, opening up truly multidisciplinary perspectives and marking a radical change in our understanding of film translation history.

• List of illustrationsList of tablesNotes on ContributorsForewordAcknowledgements1: Carol O'Sullivan and Jean-François Cornu: Introduction2: Bryony Dixon: Titles and Translation in the Field of Film Restoration3: Claire Dupré la Tour: Early Film Titling Practices: Pathé's Innovative and Multilingual Strategies in 19034: Dominique Moustacchi: Intertitles, Translation, and Subtitling: Major Issues for the Restoration of Silent Films5: Charles Barr: 'Don't Mention the War': the Soviet Re-editing of Three Live Ghosts 6: Thomas C. Christensen: Confessions of a Film Restorer7: Geoff Brown: Universal Language, Local Accent: Music and Song in the Early Talking Film8: Adrián Fuentes-Luque: Silence, Sound, Accents: Early Film Translation in the Spanish-speaking World9: Carla Mereu Keating: 'A Delirium Tremens': Italian-language Film Versions and Early Dubbings by Paramount, MGM, and Fox (1930-33)10: Charles O'Brien: Dubbing in the Early 1930s: an Improbable Policy11: Jean-François Cornu: The Significance of Dubbed Versions for Early Sound-film History12: Martin Barnier: The Reception of Dubbing in France 1931-33: the Case of Paramount13: Rachel Weissbrod: Creativity under Constraints: The Beginning of Film Translation in Mandatory Palestine14: Christopher Natzén: Film Translation in Sweden in the Early 1930s15: Carol O'Sullivan: 'A Splendid Innovation, These English Titles!': The Invention of Subtitling in the US and the UK16: Carol O'Sullivan and Jean-François Cornu: ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Carol O'Sullivan was awarded a PhD in Modern and Medieval Languages by the University of Cambridge in 2002. Prior to taking up a post at the University of Bristol in 2013, she taught at the Universities of East Anglia and Portsmouth. She has published articles and book chapters on audiovisual translation, multimodality, translation history, and literary translation, and is the author of Translating Popular Film (2011). Her current project is on the history of subtitling in English-speaking territories. She is a past Board member of the European Society for Translation Studies, and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Translation Studies.Jean-François Cornu is a professional translator specialising in subtitling and the translation from English into French of books on cinema and art. A former Senior Lecturer at the University of Rennes-2, France, he is also an independent film researcher focusing on the history and practice of film translation, and the work of Alfred Hitchcock. In 2014, he published Le doublage et le sous-titrage : histoire esthétique (Dubbing and subtitling: history and aesthetics). He is a member of ATAA, the French association of audiovisual translators, and co-founder of its online journal L'Écran traduit.

The Translation of Films, 1900-1950 is a truly remarkable achievement, illustrating the potential of archival research in AVT (audiovisual translation)studies. Aiming "to set the agenda for research on the history of film translation" (11), this ground-breaking book makes a significant contribution to both AVT and Film Studies, opening up truly multidisciplinary perspectives and marking a radical change in our understanding of film translation history.

• List of illustrationsList of tablesNotes on ContributorsForewordAcknowledgements1: Carol O'Sullivan and Jean-François Cornu: Introduction2: Bryony Dixon: Titles and Translation in the Field of Film Restoration3: Claire Dupré la Tour: Early Film Titling Practices: Pathé's Innovative and Multilingual Strategies in 19034: Dominique Moustacchi: Intertitles, Translation, and Subtitling: Major Issues for the Restoration of Silent Films5: Charles Barr: 'Don't Mention the War': the Soviet Re-editing of Three Live Ghosts 6: Thomas C. Christensen: Confessions of a Film Restorer7: Geoff Brown: Universal Language, Local Accent: Music and Song in the Early Talking Film8: Adrián Fuentes-Luque: Silence, Sound, Accents: Early Film Translation in the Spanish-speaking World9: Carla Mereu Keating: 'A Delirium Tremens': Italian-language Film Versions and Early Dubbings by Paramount, MGM, and Fox (1930-33)10: Charles O'Brien: Dubbing in the Early 1930s: an Improbable Policy11: Jean-François Cornu: The Significance of Dubbed Versions for Early Sound-film History12: Martin Barnier: The Reception of Dubbing in France 1931-33: the Case of Paramount13: Rachel Weissbrod: Creativity under Constraints: The Beginning of Film Translation in Mandatory Palestine14: Christopher Natzén: Film Translation in Sweden in the Early 1930s15: Carol O'Sullivan: 'A Splendid Innovation, These English Titles!': The Invention of Subtitling in the US and the UK16: Carol O'Sullivan and Jean-François Cornu: ConclusionBibliographyIndex