Introducing a New Medium: Newspaper Reviews of the First Film Screenings in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto and New York in 1896

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Introducing a New Medium: Newspaper Reviews of the First Film Screenings in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto and New York in 1896
Abstract
The author examines newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, reviews and commentaries pertaining to the introduction of motion picture technology during its embryonic period at the end of the nineteenth century. The author points out that in 1895-6 there were no film "experts;" journalists were seeing film for the first time as were their readers and fellow film viewers. Therefore, these reviews/articles are also useful for the author to gage audience reception analysis, as well as discourse analysis. Through examination of the advertising for these first shows, the author follows the movements of the various film systems around Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and New York. Among the papers and magazines that the author reviews are the Montreal Star, The Gazette and La Presse.
Type
Master's thesis
University
Concordia University
Place
Montreal
Date
1996
# of Pages
xx-98p.
Language
en
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Citation
Smith, Matthew. “Introducing a New Medium: Newspaper Reviews of the First Film Screenings in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto and New York in 1896.” Master’s thesis, Concordia University, 1996. https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/243/1/MQ25964.pdf.
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