{"product_id":"motor-city-movie-culture-1916-1925-hardback-9780253046451","title":"Motor City Movie Culture, 1916-1925 (Hardback) 9780253046451","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMotor City Movie Culture, 1916-1925\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Abel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253046451\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 January 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages, 63 b\u0026amp;w illus. - 63 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.649 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps foremost among these insights is the book's powerful reminder that movie theatres during this period were environments for a rich multimedia and intermedial experience where performers on stage were just as important as those on the screen. This work will be of great value to students and scholars of silent cinema history, theatre history, urban history and Detroit history, and also has much to offer those interested in the history of newspapers, advertising and promotion.\u003c\/p\u003e - Jeffrey Klenotic (Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film) \u003cp\u003eNo historian better understands the importance of newspapers to the formation of American movie culture than Richard Abel, and none has put newspaper research to better effect.\u003c\/p\u003e - Mark Lynn Anderson (Michigan Historical Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMotor City Movie Culture, 1916–1925\u003c\/em\u003e is a broad textured look at Hollywood coming of age in a city with a burgeoning population and complex demographics. Richard Abel investigates the role of local Detroit organizations in producing, distributing, exhibiting, and publicizing films in an effort to make moviegoing part of everyday life. Tapping a wealth of primary source material—from newspapers, spatiotemporal maps, and city directories to rare trade journals, theater programs, and local newsreels—Abel shows how entrepreneurs worked to lure moviegoers from Detroit's diverse ethnic neighborhoods into the theaters. Covering topics such as distribution, programming practices, nonfiction film, and movie coverage in local newspapers, with entr'actes that dive deeper into the roles of key individuals and organizations, this book examines how efforts in regional metropolitan cities like Detroit worked alongside California studios and New York head offices to bolster a mass culture of moviegoing in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eEntr'Acte 1: \u003ci\u003eThe Michigan Film Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e1. Mapping Circulation in Detroit's Movie Market\u003cbr\u003eEntr'Acte 2: Detroit Area Picture Theaters\u003cbr\u003eEntr'Acte 3: John H. Kunsky and George W. Trendle\u003cbr\u003e2. Movies, Live Acts, and the Theatrical Experience: Programming Practices in the Motor City\u003cbr\u003eEntr'Acte 4: Detroit-Made Films\u003cbr\u003eEntr'Acte 5: The Metropolitan Film Company\u003cbr\u003e3. \"Detroit-Made\" Newsreels and Other Short Nonfiction Films\u003cbr\u003eEntr'Acte 6: Star Gazing\u003cbr\u003e4. Motor City Newspapers, Menus for Movie Fans\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525281509656,"sku":"9780253046451","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/motor-city-movie-culture-1916-1925-hardback-9780253046451","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}