Educational public performance rights are now available! By the mid-1920s, millions are already confirmed "moviegoers." Movies reflected and affected the way people dressed, thought and spoke, teaching the inexperienced about love, courageand the proper cut of a Western suit. And governments around the globe were quick to realize the power of film: this new mass entertainment would also prove an unrivaled tool of mass persuasion.
In Great Escape, moviegoers remember how film persuaded and influenced, enthralled, seduced, and entertained themand offered a welcome refuge from the century's pressures and tempo.
The people remember: silent movies, Charlie Chaplin, movie palaces, Hollywood stars, American musicals and westerns, WWII propaganda films.