Exhibition, the Film ReaderIna Rae Hark "From the kinetoscope to the Movie Palaces of Hollywood's golden age, to today's multiplexes, the experience of watching films has varied enormously across film history. Exhibition, The Film Reader traces the emergence of a culture of movie going, exploring the range of venues in which films have been shown, and following the fluctuating fortunes of film and its continuing struggle to win audiences. Contributors explore the meanings conveyed to spectators through different exhibition sites and practices, raises key questions of distribution, access and consumption, and examines the shifting ethnic, gender and economic make-up of audiences."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Public Rituals and Private Space | 14 |
WHERE THE MOVIES WERE | 17 |
Black Moviegoing from 1907 to 1916 | 31 |
Kathryn Helgesen Fuller At the Picture Show | 41 |
Charlotte Herzog The Movie Palace and the Theatrical Sources of | 51 |
THE BUSINESS OF EXHIBITION | 89 |
Suzanne I Schiller The Relationship Between Motion Picture Distribution | 107 |
Anthony Downs Where the Drivein Fits into the Movie Industry | 123 |
THE MEANINGS OF THE EXHIBITION SITE | 137 |
Ina Rae Hark The Theater Man and The Girl in the Box Office | 143 |
the Modern American Motion Picture Theater | 155 |
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