Cinema Houston
Welling, David, 1958-
Cinema Houston from Nickelodeon to Megaplex / [electronic resource] : David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. - xviii, 332 p. : ill., map. - Roger Fullington series in architecture . - Texas film and media studies series. 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Motion picture theaters--Texas--Houston.
Houston (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Electronic books.
NA6846.U62 / H689 2007
725/.823097641411
Cinema Houston from Nickelodeon to Megaplex / [electronic resource] : David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. - xviii, 332 p. : ill., map. - Roger Fullington series in architecture . - Texas film and media studies series. 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Motion picture theaters--Texas--Houston.
Houston (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Electronic books.
NA6846.U62 / H689 2007
725/.823097641411