Bibframe Work

Title

Motor City movie culture, 1916-1925

Type

Text

Monograph

Contribution

Abel, Richard, 1941- (author)

Subject

Motion picture theaters--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century (LCSH)

Motion picture audiences--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century (LCSH)

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Michigan--Detroit (LCSH)

Language

English (eng)

Illustrative Content

illustrations

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Geographic Coverage

Michigan

Classification

LCC: PN1993.5.U752 A24 2020 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

DDC: 384.850977434 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)

Supplementary Content

bibliography (bibliography)

index (index)

Content

text (txt)

Summary

"Motor City Movies, 1916-1925 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table Of Contents

Mapping circulation in Detroit's movie market

Movies, live acts, and the theatrical experience : programming practices in the Motor City

"Detroit-made" newsreels and other short nonfiction films

Motor City menus for movie fans

Government Publication Type

state

Authorized Access Point

Abel, Richard, 1941- Motor City movie culture, 1916-1925

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Date: 2019-10-27