John Hamrick's Blue Mouse Cinemas: Independent Exhibition and Influence in the Studio Era

John Hamrick's Blue Mouse Cinemas offers a unique, in-depth case study of regional independent film exhibition in the American Pacific Northwest. Focusing on the silent and early sound periods, this book provides important evidence of the ways an independent entrepreneur, John Hamrick-a charismatic if highly flawed theatre-owner and card-carrying Klansman-could influence Hollywood film culture, as well as exhibition and distribution patterns both within and beyond his region of operation.

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