cam a22 4500 551367245 CHVBK 20200915042408.0 m d cr |n |||||||| 150625t20152015enka sb 001 0 eng d 2015296681 978-0-231-17448-0 (hardcover) 0-231-17448-9 (hardcover) 978-0-231-17449-7 (pbk.) 0-231-17449-7 (pbk.) (SERSOL)ssj0001468356 (WaSeSS)ssj0001468356 BTCTA eng BTCTA BDX YDXCP PBU ZCU OCLCF MUU IAD DLC WaSeSS rda PN1993.5.U74 S63 2015 384/.80977311 23 Smith Michael Glover author Flickering empire how Chicago invented the U.S. film industry Michael Glover Smith and Adam Selzer How Chicago invented the U.S. film industry London New York Wallflower Press [2015] © 2015 1 online resource (xviii, 214 pages) illustrations text txt rdacontent/eng computer c rdamedia/eng online resource cr rdacarrier/eng Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index. Foreword / Susan Doll -- Preface: Hollywood before Hollywood -- Thomas Edison, invention and the dawn of a new Chicago -- Edison's kinetoscope and pre-motion-picture entertainment -- The Columbian exposition -- The dawn of exhibition -- Chicago Rising -- Colonel William Selig -- George Spoor, George Kleine, and the rise of the Nickelodeon -- Gilbert "Broncho Billy" Anderson -- The Edison trust -- The Golden Age of Chicago film production -- The Golden age of Essanay -- The Golden Age of Selig Polyscope -- Essanay signs Charlie Chaplin -- Chaplin in Chicago: His new job -- It all came crashing down -- The decline of the Chicago studios -- Major M.L.C. Funkhouser and the Chicago censorship code -- Epilogue -- Post Script: Oscar and Orson. Lizenzbedingungen können den Zugang einschränken. License restrictions may limit access. Flickering Empire tells the fascinating yet little-known story of how Chicago served as the unlikely capital of American film production in the years before the rise of Hollywood (1907-1913). As entertaining as it is informative, Flickering Empire straddles the worlds of academic and popular nonfiction in its vivid illustration of the rise and fall of the major Chicago movie studios in the mid-silent era (principally Essanay and Selig Polyscope). Colorful, larger-than-life historical figures, including Thomas Edison, Charlie Chaplin, Oscar Micheaux, and Orson Welles, are major players in the narrative -- in addition to important though forgotten industry titans, such as "Colonel" William Selig, George Spoor, and Gilbert "Broncho Billy" Anderson. -- Provided by publisher. Motion picture industry Illinois Chicago History Motion picture industry (OCoLC)fst01027150 fast Illinois Chicago (OCoLC)fst01204048 fast History fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Selzer Adam author https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780231850797 Uni Basel: Volltext https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780231850797 Uni Bern: Volltext BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 De Gruyter PDA SSH eBooks De Gruyter PDA STM eBooks E-Books von 360MarcUpdates PDA Package: All eBook Content, incl. OWV/AV PDA5EBK IDSBB A145 A145 145VT IDSBB B405 B405 405VT NELB4052004 IDSBB 100 1- Smith Michael Glover author IDSBB 700 1- Selzer Adam author IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780231850797 Uni Basel: Volltext IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780231850797 Uni Bern: Volltext SWISSBIB 339685298