American Cinema of the 1910s: Themes and Variations (Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema)
by Charlie Keil
Screen Decades
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It was during the teens that filmmaking truly came into its own. Notably, the migration of studios to the West Coast established a connection between moviemaking and the exoticism of Hollywood. The essays in American Cinema of the 1910's explore the rapid developments of the decade that began with D. W. Griffith's unrivaled one-reelers. By mid-decade, multi-reel feature films were profoundly reshaping the industry and deluxe theaters were built to attract the broadest possible audience. show more Stars like Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks became vitally important and companies began writing high-profile contracts to secure them. With the outbreak of World War I, the political, economic, and industrial groundwork was laid for American cinema's global dominance. By the end of the decade, filmmaking had become a true industry, complete with vertical integration, efficient specialization and standardization of practices, and self-regulatory agencies. show lessTags
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Charlie Keil is associate professor in the Cinema Studies Program and Department of History at the University of Toronto
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- Nonfiction, History
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- 791.430973 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography; description, critical appraisal of specific companies and studios {for specific films see 791.437} North America
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- PN1993.5 .U6 .A85733 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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