The Fun Factory: The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture
"A searching and briskly authoritative history."--National Post"[An] ambitious and innovative study [and] an important contribution. . . . A wonderful analysis of the historical and cultural complexity of this key moment of modernity and one of its major industries. [It] should be compulsory to all scholars in the field."--Leonardo Reviews"Essential reading for all those film historians not necessarily interested in slapstick comedy."--Screening the Past"This studio history . . . offers insights on the politics of early filmmaking through the sociology of laughter."--Communication Booknotes Quarterly