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Robert Goldstein and the "Spirit of '76"
Goldstein, Robert; Slide, Anthony
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Description for Robert Goldstein and the "Spirit of '76"
Hardback. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Impressed by the success of The Birth of a Nation, Robert Goldstein, owner of a well-known Los Angeles costume supply house, produced his own epic film drama, The Spirit of '76 and screened it in Los Angeles shortly after America's entry into World War I. The film was denounced as anti-British and treasonous. Arrested under the Espionage Act, Goldstein became the first and only American jailed for the crime of producing a patriotic film. Film historian Tony Slide includes an introductory essay, reprints contemporary documentation, and publishes a 1927 manuscript by Goldstein, in which he fully documents the background to ... Read more
Impressed by the success of The Birth of a Nation, Robert Goldstein, owner of a well-known Los Angeles costume supply house, produced his own epic film drama, The Spirit of '76 and screened it in Los Angeles shortly after America's entry into World War I. The film was denounced as anti-British and treasonous. Arrested under the Espionage Act, Goldstein became the first and only American jailed for the crime of producing a patriotic film. Film historian Tony Slide includes an introductory essay, reprints contemporary documentation, and publishes a 1927 manuscript by Goldstein, in which he fully documents the background to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Series
The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810826748
SKU
V9780810826748
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About Goldstein, Robert; Slide, Anthony
Anthony Slide has published over forty pioneering works on film history, among them the first volumes dealing exclusively with early American cinema, the Vitagraph Company, the Fine Arts Company, filmmaking in Ireland, film preservation, and the non-theatrical film. He edits the Scarecrow Filmmakers Series and has produced a series of documentary films on silent screen personalities. In 1990 he was ... Read more
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