The Magic Mirror : The University of Wisconsin Press : 9780299162344 : 0299162346 : 30 Apr 1999 : Amid the instability and violence of turn-of-the-century industrialization and urbanization Russians embraced a revolutionary art form to reflect the aspirations and motivations of a new class. In The Magic Mirror Denise Youngblood portrays a newly urbanized entrepreneurial middle class&;not the revolutionaries or imperialists of historians&;and the movies they made and paid to see. Upon those screens they saw their lives depicted in all their variety and uncertainty.     Youngblood provides a cultural angle into an era most often viewed through a revolutionary lens.  Film and the film industry illuminates and reflects the popular attitudes of the time.     The Magic Mirror is a study of the ten years of native film production through the Revolutions of 1917, based almost exclusively on Russian language primary sources. Topics examined include the organization and evolution of t