Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 373 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520247434
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0520247426
Inhalt:
This engaging, deeply researched study provides the richest and most nuanced picture we have to date of cinema-both movies and movie-going-in the early 1910s. At the same time, it makes clear the profound relationship between early cinema and the construction of a national identity in this important transitional period in the United States. Richard Abel looks closely at sensational melodramas, including westerns (cowboy, cowboy-girl, and Indian pictures), Civil War films (especially girl-spy films), detective films, and animal pictures-all popular genres of the day that have received little cr
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; "L'Envoi of Moving Pictures"; Introduction; "Signs of the Times,"; Chapter 1. American Variety and/or Foreign Features; Document: "The Backbone of the Business,"; "The Power of a Nickel,"; Entr'acte 1. Mapping the Local Terrain of Exhibition; Document: "Moving Pictures and Their Audiences,"; "My Picture Girl,"; Chapter 2. The "Usable Past" of Westerns; "Bein' Usher in a Motion Picture Show,"; Entr'acte 2. Moviegoing Habits and Everyday Life; Document: "Some Picture Show Audiences,"; "The Motion Picture Cowboy,"
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Chapter 3. The "Usable Past" of WesternsDocument: "Latest Snapshots Local and Worldwide,"; "In a Minor Chord,"; Entr'acte 3. A "Forgotten" Part of the Program; Document: "Unique Effects in Song Slides,"; "A Dixie Mother,"; Chapter 4. The "Usable Past" of Civil War Films; Document: "Sundered Ties,"; Document: "Feature Films: The Battle of Gettysburg,"; "He's Seen a Lot,"; Entr'acte 4. Another "Forgotten" Part of the Program; "The Maid of the Movies,"; Chapter 5. The "Usable Present" of Thrillers; Document: "Advertising and Criticising,"; "The Photoplayers,"; Entr'acte 5. Trash Twins
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Document: "Moving Picture Sections,""The M. P. Girl,"; Chapter 6. "The Power of Personality in Pictures"; Document: "Personality a Force in Pictures,; Document: " 'Miss Billie Unafraid; Document: "Sees the Movies as Great, New Field for Womenfolk""; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520247437
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Americanizing the Movies and "Movie-Mad" Audiences, 1910-1914
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Allgemeines
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