High-Class Moving Pictures : : Lyman H. Howe and the Forgotten Era of Traveling Exhibition, 1880-1920 / / Carol Nelson, Charles Musser.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Musser, Charles,; Nelson, Carol,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1229
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 p.)

The entrepreneur of phonograph concerts and motion-picture programs Lyman H. Howe was the leading traveling exhibitor of his time and the exemplar of an important but until now little examined aspect of American popular culture. This work, with its numerous and lively illustrations, uses his career...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Traveling Exhibits: Howe 's Early Years, 1856-1890
• 3. Photographers of Sound: Howe and the Phonograph, 1890-1896
• 4. Lifelike Pictures: Howe's Animotiscope, 1896-1897
• 5. Culture in Conflict: Howe Moves into the Opera Houses, 1897-1899
• 6. Hard Times for the Roadmen: Lyman H. Howe, the Premier Traveling Exhibitor, 1899-1902
• 7. The Proliferation of Traveling Exhibitors: Howe Forms Multiple Companies, 1903-1905
• 8. The Nickelodeon Crisis: Howe Moves into the Big Cities, 1905-1908
• 9. Motion Pictures under Attack: Howe Provides a Model Cinema, 1908-1911
• 10. A New Generation of Roadmen: Howe Faces Renewed Competition, 1911-1915
• 11. Later Years: 1916-1933
• 12. Conclusion
• Appendix A. Howe: A Civic Leader
• Appendix B. Exhibition Patterns among Traveling Motion Picture Showmen, 1896-1904
• Appendix C. Selected Film Exhibitions in Wilkes-Barre, 1896- 1919
• Appendix D. Selected Film Exhibitions in Philadelphia, 1908- 1916
• Appendix E. Howe Exhibitions in Selected Cities
• Appendix F. Howe Filmography
• Appendix G . Documents
• Notes
• Index