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At the Picture Show: Small-Town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture
At the Picture Show SmallTown Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture
Author: Kathryn H. Fuller, KATHRYN FULLER-SEELEY
The motion picture industry in its earliest days seemed as ephemeral as the flickering images it produced. Considered an amusement fad even by their exhibitors, movies nevertheless spread quickly from big-city vaudeville houses to towns and rural communities across the nation. Small-town audiences, looking for more than the lurid melodramas and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781560986393
ISBN-10: 1560986395
Publication Date: 10/17/1996
Pages: 248
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Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Very decent non-fiction about the rise of film in America and the culture that was created along with it. Perfect for film fans, especially silent film, and history buffs.


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