04037nam 2200673Ia 450 991045273400332120200520144314.01-282-35839-10-520-93952-2978661235839510.1525/9780520939523(CKB)1000000000520655(EBL)265555(OCoLC)227038187(SSID)ssj0000276833(PQKBManifestationID)11219873(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276833(PQKBWorkID)10226182(PQKB)11452008(MiAaPQ)EBC265555(MdBmJHUP)muse30690(DE-B1597)520558(DE-B1597)9780520939523(Au-PeEL)EBL265555(CaPaEBR)ebr10132126(CaONFJC)MIL235839(EXLCZ)99100000000052065520050906d2006 ub 0engur||#||||||||txtccrAmericanizing the movies and "movie-mad" audiences, 1910-1914[electronic resource] /Richard AbelBerkeley University of California Pressc20061 online resource (392 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24743-4 0-520-24742-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --L'Envoi of Moving Pictures --Introduction --Chapter 1. American Variety and/or Foreign Features --Entr'acte 1. Mapping the Local Terrain of Exhibition --Chapter 2. The "Usable Past" of Westerns --Entr'acte 2. Moviegoing Habits and Everyday Life --Chapter 3. The "Usable Past" of Westerns --Entr'acte 3. A "Forgotten" Part of the Program --Chapter 4. The "Usable Past" of Civil War Films --Entr'acte 4. Another "Forgotten" Part of the Program --Chapter 5. The "Usable Present" of Thrillers --Entr'acte 5. Trash Twins --Chapter 6. "The Power of Personality in Pictures" --Notes --Bibliography --IndexThis 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 1910's. 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 critical attention. He simultaneously analyzes film distribution and exhibition practices in order to reconstruct a context for understanding moviegoing at a time when American cities were coming to grips with new groups of immigrants and women working outside the home. Drawing from a wealth of research in archive prints, the trade press, fan magazines, newspaper advertising, reviews, and syndicated columns-the latter of which highlight the importance of the emerging star system-Abel sheds new light on the history of the film industry, on working-class and immigrant culture at the turn of the century, and on the process of imaging a national community.Imagined community of United States cinemaMotion picturesUnited StatesHistoryMotion picturesSocial aspectsUnited StatesNationalismUnited StatesElectronic books.Motion picturesHistory.Motion picturesSocial aspectsNationalism791.430973Abel Richard1941-237554MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452734003321Americanizing the movies and "movie-mad" audiences, 1910-19141684991UNINA