High-Class Moving Pictures

• *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xiii*1. Introduction, pg. 1*2. Traveling Exhibits: Howe 's Early Years, 1856-1890, pg. 12*3. Photographers of Sound: Howe and the Phonograph, 1890-1896, pg. 22*4. Lifelike Pictures: Howe's Animotiscope, 1896-1897, pg. 47*5. Culture in Conflict: Howe Moves into the Opera Houses, 1897-1899, pg. 69*6. Hard Times for the Roadmen: Lyman H. Howe, the Premier Traveling Exhibitor, 1899-1902, pg. 94*7. The Proliferation of Traveling Exhibitors: Howe Forms Multiple Companies, 1903-1905, pg. 127*8. The Nickelodeon Crisis: Howe Moves into the Big Cities, 1905-1908, pg. 160*9. Motion Pictures under Attack: Howe Provides a Model Cinema, 1908-1911, pg. 190*10. A New Generation of Roadmen: Howe Faces Renewed Competition, 1911-1915, pg. 223*11. Later Years: 1916-1933, pg. 258*12. Conclusion, pg. 276*Appendix A. Howe: A Civic Leader, pg. 283*Appendix B. Exhibition Patterns among Traveling Motion Picture Showmen, 1896-1904, pg. 289*Appendix C. Selected Film Exhibitions in Wilkes-Barre, 1896- 1919, pg. 291*Appendix D. Selected Film Exhibitions in Philadelphia, 1908- 1916, pg. 295*Appendix E. Howe Exhibitions in Selected Cities, pg. 297*Appendix F. Howe Filmography, pg. 300*Appendix G . Documents, pg. 308*Notes, pg. 315*Index, pg. 355

"Traveling film exibitions is the underlying topic of High-Class Moving Pictures, which documents the work of American showman Lyman H. Howe, presenting motion picture entertainment outside major cities. Excellent as is Musser's study, it deals with a totally unacknowleged and unrecognized area of history"--Cineatse