| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 278 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Screen decades |
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Screen decades.
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| Contents |
Introduction : Movies and the 1910s / Ben Singer and Charlie Keil -- 1910 : Movies, reform, and new women / Scott Simmon -- 1911 : Movies and the stability of the institution / EIleen Bowser -- 1912 : Movies, innovative nostalgia, and real-life threats / Richard Abel -- 1913 : Movies and the beginning of a new era / Charlie Keil -- 1914 : Movies and cultural hierarchy / Rob King -- 1915 : Movies and the state of the union / Lee Grieveson -- 1916 : Movies and the ambiguities of progressivism / Shelley Stamp -- 1917 : Movies and practical patriotism / Leslie Midkiffe DeBauche -- 1918 : Movies, propaganda, and entertainment / James Latham -- 1919 : Movies and righteous Americanism / Ben Singer |
| Summary |
It was during the teens that filmmaking truly came into its own. Notably, the migration of studios to the West Coast established a connection between moviemaking and the exoticism of Hollywood. The essays in American Cinema of the 1910s explore the rapid developments of the decade that began with D.W. Griffith's unrivaled one-reelers. By mid-decade, multi-reel feature films were profoundly reshaping the industry and deluxe theaters were built to attract the broadest possible audience. Stars like Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks became vitally important and companies began |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History
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Motion pictures -- United States -- Plots, themes, etc
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Motion pictures -- United States -- Themes, motives
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
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Motion pictures
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Motion pictures -- Plots, themes, etc.
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Film
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Keil, Charlie.
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Singer, Ben.
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| LC no. |
2008016734 |
| ISBN |
9780813546544 |
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0813546540 |
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9786612033599 |
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6612033592 |
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1780347367 |
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9781780347363 |
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