"A monumental triumph. Gregory A. Waller mines untapped historical evidence, revealing a vast and previously obscured area of early twentieth-century cultural activity. This is a fresh, surprising, and highly original contribution to American film history."--Haidee Wasson, author of Everyday Movies: Portable Film Projectors and the Transformation of American Culture "Outstanding. Waller brings a mastery of archival source work and careful methodological consideration to myriad contemporary periodicals and newspapers--many of which have been overlooked by previous historians of American cinema, until now. This is excellent scholarship."--Patrick Vonderau, University of Halle