Cinema Houston from Nickelodeon to Megaplex / David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti.
| Author/creator | Welling, David, 1958- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Austin : University of Texas Press, |
| Description | xviii, 332 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | Roger 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007001066 |
| ISBN | 9780292717008 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0292717008 (cloth : alk. paper) |