Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company (The UCLA Film and Television Archive Studies in History, Criticism, and Theory) - Hardcover

Musser, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520060806 ISBN 13: 9780520060807

Publisher: Univ of California Pr, 1991

Synopsis

Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinema--unexpectedly sophisticated and yet radically different from current movie-making. Focusing on Edwin S. Porter, most often remembered as the producer of The Great Train Robbery, Musser situates Porter's achievements within the vibrant context of turn-of-the-century popular culture and the commercial pragmatics of the Edison Manufacturing Company--the leading American film-producing entity from 1894 to 1908.

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From the Inside Flap:

The most important book on early American cinema yet to appear. At once a compelling biography and a fundamentally new view of a major cultural phenomenon, it offers fresh perspectives on the development of twentieth-century American society.” Robert Sklar, author of Movie-Made America

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of California Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0520060806
• ISBN 13: 9780520060807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 591