TY  - BOOK
AU  - Welling,David
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Cinema Houston: from Nickelodeon to Megaplex 
T2  - Roger Fullington series in architecture
AV  - NA6846.U62 H689 2007
U1  - 725/.823097641411 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Motion picture theaters
KW  - Texas
KW  - Houston
KW  - Houston (Tex.)
KW  - Buildings, structures, etc
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
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ER  -