Nordisk Films Kompagni 1906-1924, Volume 5

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).

"By working with the actual sources, the volume is rich in detail . . .the book is an entertaining story about one of the big players in early film history."—Film History"Thorsen presents us with a thoroughly engaging book about a littlediscussed area of filmmaking in the silent era, managing to make the story accessible even for those readers with little or no knowledge of business or finance. What is more, he does so in a way that makes it of interest not only to scholars interested in the relatively niche area of the business of filmmaking, but those researching the silent era in general."—Studies in European Cinema

• IntroductionThe Research TraditionThe Film Historical Tradition Approach The Structure of This Book1906–1909Ole Olsen Biograf-TheatretOlsen's First FilmsThe International Film Industry Open and Closed MarketsFrom Entrepreneur to Modern Industrial EnterpriseThe Printing LaboratoryThe Technical Quality of the Films Colourization of the Films ActualitiesThe First Fiction FilmsThe Studio in ValbyThe Artistic QualityThe Polar Bear on the Globe Nordisk's Protection of its Films Pathé Frères and Gaumont Nordisk's Distribution Network Agents and DistributorsA Tiny Little Mosquito against a Big, Big ElephantThe Congress of Fools1910–1914Reorganization of the Company Den hvide SlavehandelThe Dangerous AgeThe Founding of the Limited Company The Bank Syndicate"Long and Artistic Films are our Future Motto"Opposition to the Long FilmsExclusive System, Monopolfilm and DistributionThe Script Department Censorship and Self-Regulation Guidelines for Scriptwriters The Censorship Memoranda Russian EndingsNordisk's Positioning of its Films Actors and StarsAutorenfilmThe Organization of the Film Factory BureaucratizationHollywood in Copenhagen Capital GainsOlsen's Sale and Stockjobbing Expansion in the USA1914–1917The Outbreak of World War IRussische Schreckensregimente an der Ostgrenze"Nordisk Films Kompagni Will Now Become the Biggest in the World" Fotorama Filmsbureau A/S and Swedish companiesNordisk's Expansion Policy in Germany Expansion in Russia"They Thought We Were German" Ban on Luxury Goods in GermanyThe Second Expansion of the Share Capital Aubert and the Black ListThe European Shareholding Company The Black ListsThe July Letter1918–1924After the War Artistic Decline?New Trade Conditions The Estate after the WarThe European and the American Film IndustryThe New Production Method Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft Colosseum in FlensborgDAFCOFamous PlayersA New, Big CombinationThe Liquidation of DAFCO and the UFACapitalMetropolteatret and FotoramaThe Depreciation of the Share CapitalThe Shareholders' GroupRecapitulationSources and Bibliography