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

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

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Book Description
Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinemaunexpectedly 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 Porters achievements within the vibrant context of turn-of-the-century popular culture and the commercial pragmatics of the Edison Manufacturing Companythe leading American film- producing entity from 1894 to 1908.

From the Back Cover
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)

Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company (The Ucla Film and Television Archive Studies in History, Criticism, and Theory),Charles Musser,University of California Press,0520069862,Cinema/Film: Book,Criticism and interpretation,Film - General,History,History and criticism,Motion pictures,Performing Arts,Porter, Edwin S,Porter, Edwin S.,Silent films,Thomas A. Edison, Inc,United States

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