An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928

The silent cinema was America's first modern entertainment industry, a complex social, cultural, and technological phenomenon that swept the country in the early years of the twentieth century. Richard Koszarski examines the underlying structures that made the silent-movie era work, from the operations of eastern bankers to the problems of neighborhood theater musicians. He offers a new perspective on the development of this major new industry and art form and the public's response to it.

• Author
• Richard Koszarski

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 395

• Series
• History of the American Cinema

• Publisher
• University of California Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780520085350

• Genres
• film, history

• Release date
• 1994