Networks of Entertainment: Early Film Distribution, 1895–1915

Essays by prominent scholars examining film distribution in the early years of cinema.

This collection of essays explores the complex issue of film distribution from the invention of cinema into the 1910s. From regional distribution networks to international marketing strategies, from the analysis of distribution catalogs to case studies on individual distributors, these essays written by well-known specialists in the field discuss the intriguing question of how films came to meet their audiences.

Contributors include Richard Abel, Marta Braun, Joseph Garncarz, André Gaudreault, François Jost, Charlie Keil, Martin Loiperdinger, Viva Paci, Wanda Strauven, Gregory Waller, and many more.

© 2008 John Libbey Publishing (E-bog): 9780861969371

Release date

E-bog: 5. februar 2008