Hollywood Outsiders - 9780816637324

Hollywood OutsidersThe Adaptation of the Film Industry, 1913-1934\nAuthor(s): Anne Morey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9780816637324, 978-0816637324\nSynopsis\nAn innovative approach to the relationship between filmmaking and society during Hollywoods golden age\n\nThe 1910s and 1920s witnessed the inception of a particular brand of negotiation between filmdom and its public in the United States. Hollywood, its proponents, and its critics sought to establish new connections between audience and industry, suggesting means by which Hollywood outsiders could become insiders. Hollywood Outsiders looks at how four disparate entities-the Palmer Photoplay correspondence school of screenwriting, juvenile series fiction about youngsters involved in the film industry, film appreciation and character education programs for high school students, and Catholic and Protestant efforts to use and influence .