عنوان

Cinema Houston :

0292717008 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780292717008 (cloth : alk. paper)

b411366

Cinema Houston :

[Book]

from Nickelodeon to Megaplex /

David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti

1st ed

Austin :

University of Texas Press,

2007

xviii, 332 p. :

ill., map ;

27 cm

Roger Fullington series in architecture

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index

Introduction -- Staged origins -- The nickelodeons -- Bigger and better -- The majestics -- The main three : the metropolitan, the Kirby, and Loew's state -- The later 1920s : you ain't heard nothing yet! -- Will Horwitz, philanthropist -- The neighborhood theatre, 1934-1949 -- Hoblitzelle's interstate -- Jim Crow and the ethnic theatre -- The fifties : the incredible 3-d wide-screen technicolor stereophonic-sound ballyhoo parade -- The drive-in : a view from the car seat -- The sixties : the times, they are a-changin' -- The x-houses -- From multicinema to multiplex : safety in numbers -- Let them eat candy : the concession stand -- Beyond the fringe : midnight movies and the alternative cinema -- Rediscovery in the age of the megaplex -- Perspectives : an afterword -- Notes

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Motion picture theaters-- Texas-- Houston

Houston (Tex.), Buildings, structures, etc

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Welling, David,1958-

20080416145102.0

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