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American Cinema of the 1910s: Themes and Variations

By Charlie Keil , Ben Singer

Book information

Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780813544441, 9780813544441
LCC
PN1993.5.U6 A85733 2009
Open Library ID
OL16797731M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3703289 bytes)
Series
Screen Decades
Pages
297\297
Library
demonoid.me
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

It was during the teens that filmmaking truly came into its own. Notably, the migration of studios to the West Coast established a connection between moviemaking and the exoticism of Hollywood. The essays in American Cinema of the 1910s explore the rapid developments of the decade that began with D. W. Griffith's unrivaled one-reelers. By mid-decade, multi-reel feature films were profoundly reshaping the industry and deluxe theaters were built to attract the broadest possible audience. Stars like Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks became vitally important and companies began writing high-profile contracts to secure them. With the outbreak of World War I, the political, economic, and industrial groundwork was laid for American cinema's global dominance. By the end of the decade, filmmaking had become a true industry, complete with vertical integration, efficient specialization and standardization of practices, and self-regulatory agencies.

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