| dc.contributor.advisor | Rollins, Peter C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carmichael, Deborah A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-26T08:29:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-26T08:29:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-05 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/7058 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Scope and Method of Study: | |
| dc.description.abstract | This work examines local film exhibition in Oklahoma using primary archival sources including corporate records, court records for Oklahoma and the U.S. Supreme Court, and newspaper accounts from 1915 to 1970. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Secondary sources include film and business histories, film journals, law reviews, and government monographs. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Findings and conclusions: | |
| dc.description.abstract | Contrary to previous work by film historians, the Griffith film exhibition circuit grew to be large and successful without becoming part of the Hollywood studios' vertically integrated system and without first run theatres in large metropolitan areas. Federal prosecution of this chain on violations of the Sherman Act established precedent for the historic Paramount Decision. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author who has granted the Oklahoma State University Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its institutional repository. Contact Digital Library Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material. | |
| dc.title | Griffith brothers circuits of Oklahoma: Film exhibition success outside the Hollywood studio system | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Walker, Jeffrey | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Jones, Edward | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Bryans, William S. | |
| osu.filename | Carmichael_okstate_0664D_2304.pdf | |
| osu.accesstype | Open Access | |
| dc.type.genre | Dissertation | |
| dc.type.material | Text | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | English | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Oklahoma State University | |
