Evening''s Entertainment - The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext In this study! the author 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 a major industry and art form and provides a revealing new context for the creative contributions of the screen icons. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the transition from the age of early short films to the era of commercially successful silent feature films, this study traces a cultural phenomenon that revolutionized American leisure time. Emphasis is placed on the growth of film publicity and the appeal of individual film stars. 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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard Koszarski, Koszarski Richard
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.05.1994
• EAN: 9780520085350
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08535-0
• Seiten: 3
• Serien: History of the American Cinema S.; History of the American Cinema; History of the American Cinema
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Fotografie, Film, Video, TV; USA, Films, cinema, United States of America, USA, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)