Reel time : movie exhibitors and movie audiences in prairie Canada, 1896 to 1986 / by Robert M. Seiler and Tamara P. Seiler.
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TextPublication details: Edmonton [Alta.] : AU Press, ©2013 2013)Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 381 pages) : illustrations, digital fileContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 9781927356005
- 1927356008
- 9781927356012
- 1927356016
- 1926836995
- 9781926836997
- 9781299132559
- 1299132553
- Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Prairie Provinces -- History
- Motion pictures -- Economic aspects -- Prairie Provinces -- History
- Motion picture theaters -- Social aspects -- Prairie Provinces -- History
- Motion picture theaters -- Economic aspects -- Prairie Provinces -- History
- Cinéma -- Aspect social -- Provinces des Prairies -- Histoire
- Cinéma -- Industrie -- Aspect économique -- Provinces des Prairies -- Histoire
- Cinémas -- Aspect social -- Provinces des Prairies -- Histoire
- Cinémas -- Aspect économique -- Provinces des Prairies -- Histoire
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies
- Motion pictures -- Economic aspects
- Motion pictures -- Social aspects
- Prairie Provinces
- 302.23/4309712 23
- PN1995.9.S6 S44 2013eb
- cci1icc
- coll11
- coll13
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pioneers -- Introducing Cinema to Prairie Canada: Movie Exhibition, to 1896 1904 -- Movie Exhibition During the Nickelodeon Era, 1905 to 1913 -- Reforms and Regulations: Movie Censorship in the Prairie West -- Grand Entertainment: Movie Exhibition During the Picture Palace Era, 1914 to 1932 -- Famous Players Canadian Corporation Limited -- The Struggle for Control: Odeon Theatres (Canada) Limited -- Consolidation.
In this authoritative work, Seiler and Seiler argues that the establishment and development of moviegoing and movie exhibition in Prairie Canada is best understood in the context of changing late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century social, economic, and technological developments. From the first entrepreneurs who attempted to lure customers in to movie exhibition halls, to the digital revolution and its impact on moviegoing, Reel Time highlights the pivotal role of amusement venues in shaping the leisure activities of working- and middle-class people across North America. As marketi.
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