Cinema Houston from Nickelodeon to Megaplex / David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti.

Author/creator Welling, David, 1958-
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press,
Descriptionxviii, 332 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm.
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SeriesRoger Fullington series in architecture
Texas film and media studies series. ^A446621
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007001066
ISBN9780292717008 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0292717008 (cloth : alk. paper)