"The Heart of the People"
Movie review
By: Randolph Bourne
Date: July 3, 1915
Source: Bourne, Randolph. "The Heart of the People." The New Republic, July 3, 1915.
About the Author: Randolph Bourne (1886–1918), an essayist and social critic, was one of the nation's outstanding young intellectuals during the pre-World War I period. A fervent opponent of American intervention in the conflict, Bourne is famous for his aphorism "War is the health of the state." He died prematurely during the influenza epidemic of 1918.
Introduction
The second decade of the twentieth century saw the American motion picture come of age. Prior to 1915, the movies had largely been the preserve first of carnival arcades with their nickelodeons and later of small movie houses located in seedy neighborhoods frequented by poor immigrants and minorities. But all that changed in 1915 with the release of D.W....
[The entire page is 1154 words long]
1910's Medicine and Health Primary Sources
The 1910's: Primary Sources
