The First Motion Picture Audiences.

Autor: Jowett, Garth S.
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Zdroj: Journal of Popular Film; 1974, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p39-54, 16p, 4 Black and White Photographs, 2 Charts
Abstrakt: The author analyzes the composition and nature of the first motion picture audiences in the U.S. through tracing the early years of the country's motion picture industry. He offers an overview of the social and cultural changes that took place in the U.S. in the period after the Civil War. He then offers a brief examination of the religious, social and economic conditions of the era so as to understand the nature of the new audience. He also describes the motion picture's first audience that have been made up from three groups.
Databáze: Complementary Index