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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
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: 9780813920825
ISBN-10: 0813920825
Publication Date: 8/2001
Pages: 272
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Publisher: University Press of Virginia
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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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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