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Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company (book in English)

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by Charles Musser

Type

Studies

Subject

Director > Edwin S. Porter

Keywords

Edwin S. Porter, Thomas Edison, early cinema, pioneer, history of cinema, silent cinema

Publishing date

1991

Publisher

University of California Press

Collection

(non-series)

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 591 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-520-06986-2
978-0-520-06986-2

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Book Presentation:
Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinema--unexpectedly sophisticated and yet radically different from current movie-making. Focusing on Edwin S. Porter, most often remembered as the producer of The Great Train Robbery, Musser situates Porter's achievements within the vibrant context of turn-of-the-century popular culture and the commercial pragmatics of the Edison Manufacturing Company--the leading American film-producing entity from 1894 to 1908.

From the back cover:
The most important book on early American cinema yet to appear. At once a compelling biography and a fundamentally new view of a major cultural phenomenon, it offers fresh perspectives on the development of twentieth-century American society. (Robert Sklar, author of Movie-Made America)

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