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Hollywood on the Hudson : Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff /

Thomas Edison invented his motion picture system in New Jersey in the 1890s, and within a few years most American filmmakers could be found within a mile or two of the Hudson River. They planted themselves here because they needed the artistic and entrepreneurial energy that D.W. Griffith realized N...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koszarski, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • New York pioneer
  • Paramount on Long Island
  • Freelance filmmaking
  • Studio city
  • Edison's dream
  • Paramount speaks
  • Talkies for everyone
  • Independent alternatives
  • Cartoons in the city
  • Film and reality
  • Multicultural revival
  • A miniature Hollywood
  • Radio visions
  • Live from New York
  • "We have a city here."