04961nam 2201009Ia 450 991078220100332120230207225607.01-282-35839-10-520-93952-2978661235839510.1525/9780520939523(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(dli)HEB08012(MiU)MIU01000000000000009619028(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 States1910s.american cinema.american history.americanizing film.animal films.anthropologists.cinema studies.civil war films.critical analysis.detective films.early cinema.film distribution.film historians.film industry.film scholars.film studies.immigrant culture.movie audiences.moviegoing.national identity.nonfiction study.popular film genres.sensational melodramas.sociologists.united states.westerns.working class culture.Motion picturesHistory.Motion picturesSocial aspectsNationalism791.430973Abel Richard1941-237554MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782201003321Americanizing the movies and "movie-mad" audiences, 1910-19141684991UNINA