- Paperback: 591 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press (May 14 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0520069862
- ISBN-13: 978-0520069862
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 998 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,053,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinema--unexpectedly 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 Porter's achievements within the vibrant context of turn-of-the-century popular culture and the commercial pragmatics of the Edison Manufacturing Company--the leading American film-producing entity from 1894 to 1908.
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"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
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