George Kleine and American Cinema: The Movie Business and Film Culture in the Silent Era (Cultural Histories of Cinema)

George Kleine Was A New York City Optician Who Moved To Chicago In 1893 To Set Up An Optical Store. In 1896 He Branched Out And Began Selling Motion Picture Equipment And Films. Within A Few Years He Became America's Largest Film Distributor And A Pivotal Figure In The Movie Business. In Chronicling The Career Of This Motion Picture Pioneer – Including His Rapid Rise To Fame And Fortune, But Also His Gradual Downfall After 1915 As The Era Of Hollywood Began – Joel Frykholm Provides An In-depth Account Of The Emergence Of The Motion Picture Business In The United States And Its Development Throughout The Silent Era. Through The Lens Of Kleine's Fascinating Career, This Book Explores How Motion Pictures Gradually Transformed From A Novelty Into An Economic And Cultural Institution Central To Both American Life And An Increasingly Globalised Culture Of Mass Entertainment. Joel Frykholm. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. More than three decades have passed since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979. In that time, theories of modern revolution would suggest a retreat from ideological goals, heralding a phase of institutional development. However, Hamad Albloshi argues that Iran is unique: the current rhetoric of conservative Iranian leaders implies the regime has not left its revolutionary stage. Through an examination of the hardline conservative ideology in Iran-personified by the former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad-this book explores how the usual development seen in revolutions from radical discourse to pragmatic rhetoric has not been the case in Iran. Albloshi explores the evolution of the hardline conservatives and their main ideas about the nature of the Iranian regime, their position toward other groups within the system, and their approach to the international community. By doing so, he sheds new light on the group's position in the country and the ideological roots of major shifts that occurred in Iran's internal and external policies in the period between 2005 and 2013 La 4e de couverture porte : "George Kleine was a New York City optician who moved to Chicago in 1893 to set up an optical store. In 1896 he branched out and began selling motion picture equipment and films. Within a few years he became America's largest film distributor and a pivotal figure in the movie business. In chronicling the career of this motion picture pioneer - including his rapid rise to fame and fortune, but also his gradual downfall after 1915 as the era of Hollywood began - Joel Frykholm provides an in-depth account of the emergence of the motion picture business in the United States and its development throughout the silent era. Through the lens of Kleine's fascinating career, this book explores how motion pictures gradually transformed from a novelty into an economic and cultural institution central to both American life and an increasingly globalised culture of mass entertainment." This fascinating exploration of a key area in American cinematic history examines the period from 1890 to 1930 through the lens of the career of the hugely influential American film producer George Kleine, who both helped instigate the transformation of the motion picture business, and fell victim to the changes.