Marketing Modernity Victorian Popular Shows and Early Cinema |
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| Author:
| Kember, Joe |
| Series title: | Exeter Studies in Film History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-85989-801-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Exeter Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $112.00 |
Book Description:
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In this study of early film exhibition, Joe Kember demonstrates that prior to the emergence of a specific discipline of screen acting and the arrival of picture personalities, the early cinema inherited its human dimensions from diverse earlier traditions of performance, from the magic lantern lecture to the fairground and variety theatre.
In this study of early film exhibition, Joe Kember demonstrates that prior to the emergence of a specific discipline of screen acting and the arrival of picture personalities, the early cinema inherited its human dimensions from diverse earlier traditions of performance, from the magic lantern lecture to the fairground and variety theatre.