George Kleine and American Cinema : the Movie Business and Film Culture in the Silent Era /

"George Kleine was a New York City optician who moved to Chicago in 1893 to set up an optical store. In 1896 he branched out and began selling motion picture equipment and films. Within a few years he becameAmerica's largest film distributor and a pivotal figure in the movie business. In c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frykholm, Joel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke : British Film Institute, 2015.
Colección:Cultural Histories of Cinema
Temas:
Kleine, George.
1900-1999
Motion picture producers and directors > United States.
Motion picture industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma > États-Unis.
United States/20th Century.
Motion picture industry.
Motion picture producers and directors.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. From the Optical Store to the MPPC; 2. The Breakthrough of the Multi-reel Feature Film; 3. After the Feature, Part 1: Standardisation, Differentiation and Branding (and the Search for the 'Punch'; 4. After the Feature, Part 2: George Kleine's Conservatism and the American Motion Picture Industry's Economy of 'Recklessness'; 5. 'The Purer Ether of Selective Cinema': George Kleine, Non-theatrical Cinema and Early Hollywood; Conclusion (and an epilogue); Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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