Hollywood in the Neighborhood : Historical Case Studies of Local Moviegoing.

Hollywood in the Neighborhood : Historical Case Studies of Local Moviegoing.

Presents a picture of how movies entered the American heartland. This book examines the social and cultural changes this form of entertainment brought to towns from Gastonia, North Carolina to Placerville, California, and from Norfolk, Virginia to rural Ontario and beyond.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fuller-Seeley, Kathryn H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton, 2004.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > United States > History.
Motion picture audiences > United States > History.
Motion picture theaters > United States > History.
Motion picture audiences
Motion picture theaters
Motion pictures
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction Setting the Contexts; 1. Introduction: Researching and Writing the History of Local Moviegoing; 2. Decentering Historical Audience Studies:A Modest Proposal; Part II: Origins Case Studies; 3. The Itinerant Movie Show and the Development of the Film Industry; 4. Early Film Exhibition in Wilmington, North Carolina; 5. Building Movie Audiences in Placerville, California, 1908-1915; 6. Cinema Virtue, Cinema Vice: Race, Religion, and Film Exhibition in Norfolk, Virginia, 1908-1922; Part III: Integration and Variations Case Studies.

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