Screening Out the Past: The Birth of Mass Culture and the Motion Picture Industry

By Lary May

Book Overview

Univ of Chicago

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226511731
• ISBN13: 9780226511733
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

film history

The book is great for understanding why film became popular. It incorporates the history of film with the general history of America, specifically during the turn of the century. The one problem that I had with the book was how repetetive it was. All in all I felt like I learned a lot.

historical account of the motion picture industry

good, but too detailed. lost in the minute details at times and loose focus on the "big picture."