Cinema Houston : From Nickelodeon to Megaplex.
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- Roger Fullington Series in Architecture Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Jack Valenti -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE. Staged Origins -- TWO. The Nickelodeons -- THREE. Bigger and Better -- FOUR. The Majestics -- FIVE. The Main Three: The Metropolitan, the Kirby, and Loew's State -- SIX. The Later 1920s: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet! -- SEVEN. Will Horwitz, Philanthropist -- EIGHT. The Neighborhood Theatre, 1934-1949 -- NINE. Hoblitzelle's Interstate -- TEN. Jim Crow and the Ethnic theatre -- ELEVEN. The Fifties: The Incredible 3-D Wide-Screen Technicolor Stereophonic-Sound Ballyhoo Parade -- TWELVE. The Drive-In: A View from the Car Seat -- THIRTEEN. The Sixties: The Times, They Are A-Changin' -- FOURTEEN. The X-Houses -- FIFTEEN. From Multicinema to Multiplex: Safety in Numbers -- SIXTEEN. Let Them Eat Candy: The Concession Stand -- SEVENTEEN. Beyond the Fringe: Midnight Movies and the Alternative Cinema -- EIGHTEEN. Rediscovery in the Age of the Megaplex -- NINETEEN. Perspectives: An Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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