Abel, Richard

Americanizing the Movies and Movie-Mad Audiences, 1910-1914

List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xv ``L'Envoi of Moving Pictures,'' Motion Picture Story Magazine (June 1912) 1(2) Introduction 3(8) ``Signs of the Times,'' Motion Picture Story Magazine (February 1912) 11(2) American Variety and/or Foreign Features: The Throes of Film Distribution 13(48) Document: ``The Backbone of the Business,'' Motography (20 September 1913) 40(3) ``The Power of a Nickel,'' Motion Picture Story Magazine (March 1912) 43(2) Entr'acte 1. Mapping the Local Terrain of Exhibition 45(16) Document: ``Moving Pictures and Their Audiences,'' Motion Picture News (16 September 1911) 55(4) ``My Picture Girl,'' Motion Picture Story Magazine (June 1912) 59(2) The ``Usable Past'' of Westerns: Cowboy, Cowboy Girl, and Indian Pictures, Part 1 61(44) Document: ``The `Bison-101' Headliners,'' Moving Picture World (27 April 1912) 79(4) ``Bein' Usher in a Motion Picture Show,'' Motion Picture Story Magazine (June 1912) 83(2) Entr'acte 2. Moviegoing Habits and Everyday Life 85(20) Document: ``Some Picture Show Audiences,'' Outlook (24 June 1911) 96(7) ``The Motion Picture Cowboy,'' Motion Picture Story Magazine (August 1912) 103(2) The ``Usable Past'' of Westerns: Cowboy, Cowboy Girl, and Indian Pictures, Part 2 105(36) Document: ``Latest Snapshots Local and Worldwide,'' Cleveland Leader (2 March 1913) 122(3) ``In a Minor Chord,'' Motion Picture News (25 November 1911) 125(2) Entr'acte 3. A ``Forgotten'' Part of the Program: Illustrated Songs 127(14) Document: ``Unique Effects in Song Slides,'' Film Index (6 May 1911) 135(4) ``A Dixie Mother,'' Motion Picture Story Magazine (July 1911) 139(2) The ``Usable Past'' of Civil War Films: The Years of the ``Golden Jubilee'' 141(44) Document: ``Sundered Ties,'' Moving Picture World (14 September 1912) 165(1) Document: ``Feature Films: The Battle of Gettysburg,'' New York Dramatic Mirror (11 June 1913) 166(3) ``He's Seen a Lot,'' New York Morning Telegraph (8 September 1912) 169(2) Entr'acte 4. Another ``Forgotten'' Part of the Program: Nonfiction 171(14) Document: ``Reviews of Special Feature Subjects,'' New York Dramatic Mirror (24 April 1912) 181(2) ``The Maid of the Movies,'' New York Morning Telegraph (14 December 1913) 183(2) The ``Usable Present'' of Thrillers: From the Jungle to the City 185(46) Document: ``Advertising and Criticising,'' Moving Picture World (23 November 1912) 209(4) ``The Photoplayers,'' Photoplay Magazine (July 1913) 213(2) Entr'acte 5. Trash Twins: Newspapers and Moving Pictures 215(16) Document: ``Moving Picture Sections,'' Motography (5 April 1913) 226(3) ``The M. P. Girl,'' New York Dramatic Mirror (12 June 1912) 229(2) ``The Power of Personality in Pictures'': Movie Stars and ``Matinee Girls'' 231(26) Document: ``Personality a Force in Pictures,'' New York Dramatic Mirror (15 January 1913) 252(2) Document: `` `Miss Billie Unafraid'---Torn by a Tiger but Nervy as Ever to Act the Most Daring Things Ever Seen on the Stage!---Heroine of Movies,'' Des Moines News (17 November 1912) 254(1) Document: ``Sees the Movies as Great, New Field for Women Folk,'' Toledo News-Bee (30 March 1914) 255(2) Notes 257(94) Bibliography 351(6) Index 357