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Movies and Hollywood Short Story Collection, Volume 1

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Fiction about (or involving) motion pictures started appearing in the late nineteenth-century, when writers first became aware of early kinetoscope technologies. These stories grew more and more popular as the public became increasingly fascinated with the movies, the film industry, and the odd inhabitants of Hollywood. These stories reflect and often respond to the public's fascination with the movies; at the same time, they also reveal their fears and anxieties about the new medium. The first volume of this anthology collects 16 short stories and a monologue about motion picture technology and the film industry published between 1895 and 1922. (Summary by ChuckW) (7 hr 46 min)

Chapters

The Kinetoscope of Time

30:46

Read by Scott Dawson

The Phantasmograph

37:46

Read by CaprishaPage

The Vitagraphoscope

6:48

Read by ferngirl

Mrs. Bathurst

25:34

Read by Cliff Thompson

Mrs. Bathurst (part two)

22:36

Read by kandice stehlik

Alarums and Excursions

31:18

Read by Cynthia Moyer

The Punishment that Fitted the Crime

6:27

Read by Aidan Brack

The Metamorphosed Bi-Focal Drama

34:36

Read by Alex Lau

A Motion Picture Hero

18:56

Read by kandice stehlik

The Moving Picture Writes

27:04

Read by Debmiester

The Moving Picture Writes (part two)

23:15

Read by Samantha J Gubitz

The Flash Back

22:12

Read by Cynthia Moyer

Co-Stars

10:33

Read by J. Carl Brown

The Film of Fate

29:11

Read by CaprishaPage

The Film of Fate (part two)

23:55

Read by CaprishaPage

Pictures

21:22

Read by Stephanie Kydd

His Smile

27:37

Read by Sherri Vance

Alice in Movieland

11:58

Read by Elizabeth Klett

The Tramp

48:19

Read by Bellona Times

Maisie at the Movies: A Monologue

6:38

Read by Amanda Friday