Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff

by Richard Koszarski

Book Overview

Thomas Edison invented his motion picture system in New Jersey in the 1890s, and within a few years most American filmmakers could be found within a mile or two of the Hudson River. They planted themselves here because they needed the artistic and entrepreneurial energy that D. W. Griffith realized New York had in abundance. But as the going rate for land and labor skyrocketed and their business grew more industrialized, most of them moved out. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813542936
• ISBN13: 9780813542935
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 577 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"