Networks of Entertainment: Film Distribution from 1895 to the 1910s

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ISBN: 9780861966813 | 0861966813
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Copyright: 2/1/2008

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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 catalogues 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.Among the contributors are Richard Abel, André Gaudreault, Viva Paci, Gregory Waller, Wanda Strauven, Martin Loiperdinger, Joseph Garncarz, Charlie Keil, Marta Braun,and François Jost.

Introduction: Distribution - preliminary notes	p. 1
Networks: Distribution across borders	p. 5
Rethinking Boundaries. The first moving images between Spain and Portugal	p. 7
What imports may not be able to tell us about the emergence of the last-minute rescue narrative in the American cinema	p. 16
'Avoid giving wine to children': George Kleine's correspondence with Cines and the discourse of uplift	p. 21
Film colour and national cinema before WWI: Pathecolor in the United States and Great Britain	p. 30
Networks: Regional distribution and the problem of the national	p. 39
La distribution dans la region Lyonnaise: entre specificites locales et strategies nationales (1908-1914)	p. 41
Une diffusion "nationale"? De la circulation d'images locales ou nationales a Lausanne 1896-1914	p. 47
De l'independance a l'absorption: le cas quebecois	p. 57
Araignees et mouches: la formation du "systeme cinema" et les debuts de la distribution cinematographique en Espagne, 1906-1921	p. 68
Censorship and film distribution in Russia: 1908-1914	p. 77
The "backbone" of the business: Scanning signs of US film distribution in the newspapers, 1911-1914	p. 85
Mapping the moving picture world: distribution in the United States circa 1915	p. 94
Networks: Local actors	p. 103
'Mr. Elliot Books Chaplins Direct': Essanay's Exclusive's Strategy in Southampton 1915	p. 105
"Zeppelin uber Berlin" - on the distribution of an early media event	p. 113
"The Audience Feels rather at Home ...": Peter Marzen's 'Localisation' of Film Exhibition in Trier	p. 123
Local distribution: The case of Jens Christian Gundersen in Norway	p. 131
Infrastructure, open system and the take-off phase. Jean Desmet as a case for early distribution in the Netherlands	p. 137
Practices: Distribution strategies	p. 145
Politics, steam and scopes; marketing the Biograph	p. 147
The price of independence: The Rolin Film Company's quest for distribution	p. 157
Distribution serielle et synchronisation du spectateur aux premiers temps du cinema	p. 167
Monopolizing episodic adventures: series and seriality in Germany, 1914-20	p. 180
Practices: Distribution paratexts	p. 191
Les consignes de l'[double left angle bracket]editeur[double right angle bracket] pour l'assemblage des vues dans les catalogues de distribution	p. 193
Cataloging contingency	p. 203
Comparing catalogues	p. 209
"As pleasing as it is incomprehensible": film catalogues as paratext	p. 218
"Liste fur gebrauchte Films zum Verkauf": Used Films for Sale in Germany and Austro-Hungary (1911-13)	p. 223
Practices: Non-theatrical distribution	p. 233
Sunday and Holy Days	p. 235
Local entertainment and national patriotism: the distribution of colonial films in Early German cinema	p. 246
Early forms of film distribution in Germany, 1896-1905	p. 255
'Just like a Public Library maintained for public welfare': 28mm as a comprehensive service strategy for non-theatrical clientele, 1912-23	p. 260
Bringing movies into the home: distribution strategies for 17.5 mm film (1903-08)	p. 275
Practices: Distribution into the future	p. 283
'Avant-guerre' and the international avant-garde. Circulation and programming of early films in the European avant-garde programs in the 1920s and 1930s	p. 285
The imagination of wireless distribution	p. 295
Les films impossibles ou les possibilites du cinema	p. 304
Any ID? Building a database out of the Jean Desmet archive	p. 312
Des fragments des premiers temps a l'esthetique de la ruine	p. 320
Conclusion: Distribuer les films ou distribuer les roles?	p. 327
Afterthoughts: Beyond distribution: some thoughts on the future of archival films	p. 331
The Authors	p. 343
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