Reframing Culture: The Case of the Vitagraph Quality Films

by Roberta E. Pearson and William Uricchio

Book Overview

The works of Shakespeare and Dante or the figures of George Washington and Moses do not often enter into popular conceptions of the silent cinema, yet, between 1907 and 1910, the Vitagraph Company frequently used such material in producing "quality" films that promulgated "respectable" culture. William Uricchio and Roberta Pearson situate these films in an era of immigration, labor unrest, and mainstream American xenophobia, in order to explore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691600279
• ISBN13: 9780691600277
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"