The Perils of Moviegoing in America

by Gary D. Rhodes

Book Overview

During the first fifty years of the American cinema, the act of going to the movies was a risky process, fraught with a number of possible physical and moral dangers. Film fires were rampant, claiming many lives, as were movie theatre robberies, which became particularly common during the Great Depression. Labor disputes provoked a large number of movie theatre bombings, while low-level criminals like murderers, molesters, and prostitutes plied their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144113610X
• ISBN13: 9781441136107
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"