Movie Roadshows
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2012
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780786460625
Description: "This work examines a film distribution system paralleling the rise of early features and persisting until 1972. The focus is on roadshows released in the United States but an appendix identifies international roadshows and films forecast but not released as roadshows. Included are plots, contemporary critical reaction, premiere date, production background, and methods of promotion--i.e., the ballyhoo"--