Flickering empire : how Chicago invented the U.S. film industry /

This is the fascinating yet little-known story of how Chicago served as the unlikely capital of American film production in the years before the rise of Hollywood (1907-1913). It illustrates the rise and fall of the major Chicago movie studios in the mid-silent era (focusing principally on the Essan...

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Main Authors: Smith, Michael Glover (Author), Selzer, Adam (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Wallflower Press, 2015
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central