LEADER 03216nam 2200493 450 001 9910816899203321 005 20230814233535.0 010 $a0-253-03254-7 035 $a(CKB)3840000000330746 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5247209 035 $a(OCoLC)1020790072 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse66970 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5247209 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11503143 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000330746 100 $a20180221h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMain Street movies $ethe history of local film in the United States /$fMartin L. Johnson 210 1$aBloomington, Indiana :$cIndiana University Press,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (295 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 0 $aCinema and the American Experience 311 $a0-253-03253-9 311 $a0-253-03252-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 327 $aIntroduction : defining the local film -- The silent pageant : municipal booster films -- The home talent film and the origins of itinerancy -- "How movies are made" : Hollywood and the local film -- Itinerants adopt a baby : the local Hollywood film and the operational aesthetic -- Kidnapping the movie queen : amateur aesthetics as cultural critique -- The cameraman has visited your town : the local film and the politics of recognition -- Every town has its Main Street : the banal localism of the civic film -- Reclaiming the local film : artifacts, archives, and audiences -- Conclusion : see your town disappear--the historicity of the local film. 330 $a"See yourself in the movies!" Prior to the advent of the home movie camera and the ubiquitousness of the camera phone, there was the local film. This cultural phenomenon, produced across the country from the 1890's to the 1950's, gave ordinary people a chance to be on the silver screen without leaving their hometowns. Through these movies, residents could see themselves in the same theaters where they saw major Hollywood motion pictures. Traveling filmmakers plied their trade in small towns and cities, where these films were received by locals as being part of the larger cinema experience. With access to the rare film clips under discussion, Main Street Movies documents the diversity and longevity of local film production and examines how itinerant filmmakers responded to industry changes to keep sponsors and audiences satisfied. From town pride films in the 1910's to Hollywood knockoffs in the 1930's, local films captured not just images of local people and places but also ideas about the function and meaning of cinema that continue to resonate today. 410 0$aCinema and the American experience. 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$2fast 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 676 $a791.430973 700 $aJohnson$b Martin L.$0150559 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816899203321 996 $aMain Street movies$94064064 997 $aUNINA