| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 332 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Roger Fullington series in architecture |
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Texas film and media studies series.
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Roger Fullington series in architecture.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-320) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion picture theaters -- Texas -- Houston
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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ARCHITECTURE / Historic Preservation / General
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Buildings.
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Motion picture theaters.
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| SUBJECT |
Houston (Tex.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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| Subject |
Texas -- Houston.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007001066 |
| ISBN |
9780292795105 |
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0292795106 |
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