Cinema Houston [electronic resource] : from Nickelodeon to Megaplex / David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti.
By: Welling, David.
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BookSeries: Texas film and media studies series: ; Roger Fullington series in architecture: Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: xviii, 332 p. : ill., map.Subject(s): Motion picture theaters -- Texas -- Houston | Houston (Tex.) -- Buildings, structures, etcGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 725/.823097641411 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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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