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"Almost Worse than the Restrictive Measures": Chicago Reformers and the Nickelodeons
- Cinema Journal
- University of Texas Press
- 39, Number 1, Fall 1999
- pp. 90-112
- 10.1353/cj.1999.0003
- Article
- Additional Information
This essay examines the reform movement's response to the nickelodeon boom in Chicago and shows that it was cautiously supportive of moving pictures while simultaneously promoting the need for municipal government to become more responsible for recreatio nal activities for youth.