An Evening's Entertainment

The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928
1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-520-08535-0
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 3 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 256 mm x 180 mm, Gewicht: 880 g

Reihe: History of the American Cinema

The silent cinema was America's first modern entertainment industry, a complex social, cultural, and technological phenomenon that swept the country in the early years of the twentieth century. Richard Koszarski examines the underlying structures that made the silent-movie era work, from the operations of eastern bankers to the problems of neighborhood theater musicians. He offers a new perspective on the development of this major new industry and art form and the public's response to it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koszarski, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1 An Industry and an Art

z Going to the Movies

3 Corporate Organization

4 Making Movies

5 Technology

6 The Show

7 Watching the Screen

8 The Filmmakers

9 The Stars

10 The Envelope, Please

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Picture Sources

General Index

Index of Films

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Koszarski is Head of Collections and Exhibitions at the American Museum of the Moving Image. He is author of The Man You Loved to Hate: Erich von Stroheim and Hollywood (1983) and editor of Film History.