LEADER 04037nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910452734003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35839-1 010 $a0-520-93952-2 010 $a9786612358395 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520939523 035 $a(CKB)1000000000520655 035 $a(EBL)265555 035 $a(OCoLC)227038187 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000276833 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11219873 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276833 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10226182 035 $a(PQKB)11452008 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC265555 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30690 035 $a(DE-B1597)520558 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520939523 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL265555 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132126 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235839 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000520655 100 $a20050906d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmericanizing the movies and "movie-mad" audiences, 1910-1914$b[electronic resource] /$fRichard Abel 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-24743-4 311 $a0-520-24742-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tL'Envoi of Moving Pictures --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. American Variety and/or Foreign Features --$tEntr'acte 1. Mapping the Local Terrain of Exhibition --$tChapter 2. The "Usable Past" of Westerns --$tEntr'acte 2. Moviegoing Habits and Everyday Life --$tChapter 3. The "Usable Past" of Westerns --$tEntr'acte 3. A "Forgotten" Part of the Program --$tChapter 4. The "Usable Past" of Civil War Films --$tEntr'acte 4. Another "Forgotten" Part of the Program --$tChapter 5. The "Usable Present" of Thrillers --$tEntr'acte 5. Trash Twins --$tChapter 6. "The Power of Personality in Pictures" --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis 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. 517 3 $aImagined community of United States cinema 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aNationalism$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects 615 0$aNationalism 676 $a791.430973 700 $aAbel$b Richard$f1941-$0237554 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452734003321 996 $aAmericanizing the movies and "movie-mad" audiences, 1910-1914$91684991 997 $aUNINA