Red Rooster Scare

by Richard Abel

Book Overview

Only once in cinema history have imported films dominated the American market: during the nickelodeon era in the early years of the twentieth century, when the Path? company's "Red Rooster" films could be found "everywhere." Through extensive original research, Richard Abel demonstrates how crucial French films were in making "going to the movies" popular in the United States, first in vaudeville houses and then in nickelodeons.

Abel then deftly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520214781
• ISBN13: 9780520214781
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"