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The perils of moviegoing in America, 1896-1950 / by Gary D. Rhodes.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.A8 R57 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rhodes, Gary Don, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture audiences--United States.
- Motion picture audiences.
- Motion picture audiences--Crimes against.
- Motion picture theaters--United States--History.
- Motion picture theaters.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Continuum International Pub. Group, [2012]
- Summary:
- 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. Audiences also confronted an array of perceived moral dangers. Blue Laws prohibited Sunday film screenings, though theatres ignored them in many areas, sometimes resulting in the arrests of entire audiences. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Conflagration
- Thieves among us
- It's catching
- Bombs away
- The devil's apothecary shops
- The Sunday blues
- Something for nothing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781441136107
- 144113610X
- OCLC:
- 733546828
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