| Abstrakt: |
The paper deals with the mass-cultural phenomenon of itinerant cinema and its entrepreneurs who made their way into and wandered around Transylvania, Partium, and the Banat in the early 20th century. The author undertakes three tasks: firstly, providing a brief definition of mass culture in the paradigm of mass consumption; secondly, guiding the reader through the history of picture-performing up until the 19th century, including the debut of moving picture shows; and lastly, inventorying the moving-picture performers and fairground cinemas in East Hungary before the appearance of permanent cinematographs. These showmen, while trying to make a quick buck by amazing the public with the cinema of attractions, managed to entertain the masses and bring higher culture closer to those who had until then led an almost culture-void existence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
