Moviegoing in America

A Sourcebook in the History of Film Exhibition

Gregory A. Waller (University of Kentucky)

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English

Wiley-Blackwell
17 October 2001

Films, movies & cinema; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Society & culture: general; Cultural studies; Cinema industry

"Pairing significant research with primary documents, Moviegoing in America charts the evolution of film exhibition and reception as a function of changing patterns of American community, identity, consumption, and the fabric of everyday life.

""Moviegoing in America is an important, groundbreaking book."" -- The Moving Image

""Waller assembles an impressive collection that should become a key resource in the teaching of film exhibition history."" -- Screen"

Edited by: Gregory A. Waller (University of Kentucky)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 173mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 626g
ISBN: 9780631225928
ISBN 10: 0631225927
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 17 October 2001
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gregory A. Waller is Professor and Chair of the Department of English, University of Kentucky. He is author of Main Street Amusements: Movies and Commercial Entertainment in a Southern City, 1896-1930 (1995), which was awarded the Theater Library Association Award and the Katherine Singer Kovacs Award of the Society for Cinema Studies for outstanding scholarship in film and media studies. The author's other publications include American Horrors: Essays on the Modern American Horror Film (1987) and The Living and the Undead: From Stoker's 'Dracula' to Romero's 'Dawn of the Dead' (1986).

Reviews for Moviegoing in America: A Sourcebook in the History of Film Exhibition

"Moviegoing in America is an important, groundbreaking book." -- The Moving Image "Waller assembles an impressive collection that should become a key resource in the teaching of film exhibition history." -- Screen "Interesting, at times surprising, and wide-ranging, Moviegoing in America is an outstanding collection on film exhibition in the United States from before the nickelodeons through today's stadium-seated multiplexes." Chuck Maland, University of Tennessee, Knoxville "Moviegoing in America is a strong contribution to Film Studies. Spanning a broad historical period, drawing upon the work of major researchers, and comprising scholarly as well as trade press essays, it will be highly valuable to all courses on American film history." Lucy Fischer, University of Pittsburgh