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In: | Film History: An International Journal, 23, 2011, 3, S. 313-330 |
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Indiana University Press
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 313-330 |
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ISSN: |
0892-2160
1553-3905 |
DOI: | 10.2979/filmhistory.23.3.313 |
veröffentlicht in: | Film History: An International Journal |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Kollektion: | sid-55-col-jstorfilm sid-55-col-jstoras5 JSTOR Film and Performing Arts JSTOR Arts & Sciences V Archive |
<label>Abstract</label> <p>Established in 1915, Educational Pictures was the industry leader in short subject distribution by the late silent era, dominating the market in two-reel slapstick films. Yet by the mid-1930s the company's reputation had sunk precipitously, and Educational failed to survive the decade. This paper examines that history as a vantage point for reassessing traditional accounts of slapstick's sound-era decline, showing how slapstick cinema's dwindling industrial status was tied to upheavals in the short-subject market and growing cultural divisions within Depression-era America.</p> |