Main Street movies : the history of local film in the United States /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnson, Martin L. (Martin Louis) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Motion pictures > Production and direction > United States > History. Motion picture industry > United States > History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Defining the Local Film
The Silent Pageant: Municipal Booster Films
The Home Talent Film and the Origins of Itinerancy
"How Movies Are Made": Hollywood and the Local Film
Itinerants Adopt a Baby: The Local Hollywood Film and the Operational Aesthetic
Kidnapping the Movie Queen: Amateur Aesthetics as Cultural Critique
The Cameraman Has Visited Your Town: The Local Film and the Politics of Recognition
Every Town has its Main Street: The Banal Localism of the Civic Film
Reclaiming the Local Film: Artifacts, Archives, and Audiences
Conclusion: See Your Town Disappear: The Historicity of the Local Film.