Local newspaper movie contests and the creation of the first movie fans

This article explores the advent of local newspaper movie contests in the 1910s and how these contests helped to create active movie fans. Such contests increased the popularity of the new medium of film by engaging local audiences in the process of filmmaking, including fans as scriptwriters and ev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jessica Leonora Whitehead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2016-09-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
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Online Access:http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/723/624