Flickering Empire: How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry | New from Wallflower Press

NEW RELEASES ONLINE CATALOGS Flickering Empire  How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry Michael Glover Smith and Adam Selzer  Flickering Empire tells the fascinating yet little-known story of how Chicago served as the unlikely capital of American film production in the years before the rise of Hollywood (1907-1913). Smith and Selzer vividly illustrates the rise and fall of the major Chicago movie studios in the mid-silent era (principally Essanay and Selig Polyscope). Colorful, larger-than-life historical figures, including Thomas Edison, Charlie Chaplin, Oscar Micheaux, and Orson Welles, are major players in the narrative -- in addition to important though forgotten industry titans, such as "Colonel" William Selig, George Spoor, and Gilbert "Broncho Billy" Anderson. Read an interview with Michael Glover Smith, part 1, part 2 - More Titles in Film - More Titles from Wallflower   $25.00 $17.50* | Paperback | 240 pages   USE COUPON CODE "CUP30" AND SAVE 30%   *Customers in UK, Europe, and Middle East please contact customer@wiley.com STAY CONNECTED

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