High-Class Moving Pictures

High-Class Moving Pictures
Title High-Class Moving Pictures PDF eBook
Author Charles Musser
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 387
Release 2015-03-08
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 1400872723

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The entrepreneur of phonograph concerts and motion-picture programs Lyman H. Howe was the leading traveling exhibitor of his time and the exemplar of an important but until now little examined aspect of American popular culture. This work, with its numerous and lively illustrations, uses his career to explore the world of itinerant showmen, who exhibited all motion pictures seen outside large cities during the 1890s and early 1900s. They frequently built cultural alliances with genteel city dwellers or conservative churchgoers and in later years favored "high-class" topics appealing to audiences uncomfortable with the plebeian nickelodeons. Bridging the fields of American studies and film history, the book reveals the remarkable sophistication with which exhibitors created their elaborate, evening-length programs to convey powerful ideological messages. Whether depicting the Spanish-American War, the 1900 Paris Exposition, or British colonialism in action, Howe's "cinema of reassurance" had many parallels with the music of John Philip Sousa. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Moving Picture World

The Moving Picture World
Title The Moving Picture World PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 514
Release 1915
Genre Motion pictures
ISBN

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Silent Film Sound

Silent Film Sound
Title Silent Film Sound PDF eBook
Author Rick Altman
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 492
Release 2004
Genre History
ISBN 9780231116633

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Silent films were, of course, never silent at all. However, the sound that used to accompany the screen picture in the early days of cinema has been neglected as an area of study. Altman explores the various musical, narrative, and even synchronized sound systems that enriched cinema before Jolson spoke.

Moving Picture World and View Photographer

Moving Picture World and View Photographer
Title Moving Picture World and View Photographer PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 1630
Release 1915
Genre Motion pictures
ISBN

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Billboard Music Week

Billboard Music Week
Title Billboard Music Week PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 846
Release 1907
Genre Music
ISBN

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Moving Picture Age

Moving Picture Age
Title Moving Picture Age PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 514
Release 1921
Genre
ISBN

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The Julius Cahn-Gus Hill Theatrical Guide and Moving Picture Directory

The Julius Cahn-Gus Hill Theatrical Guide and Moving Picture Directory
Title The Julius Cahn-Gus Hill Theatrical Guide and Moving Picture Directory PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 940
Release 1905
Genre Theaters
ISBN

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