Motor City Movie Culture, 1916-1925

by Richard Abel

Book Overview

Motor City Movie Culture, 1916-1925 is a broad textured look at Hollywood coming of age in a city with a burgeoning population and complex demographics. Richard Abel investigates the role of local Detroit organizations in producing, distributing, exhibiting, and publicizing films in an effort to make moviegoing part of everyday life. Tapping a wealth of primary source material--from newspapers, spatiotemporal maps, and city directories to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253046467
• ISBN13: 9780253046468
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"