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When Movies Were Theater
Language: en
Pages: 408
Authors: William Paul
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-24 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of events on screen. This multilayered history
Cinema Treasures
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Ross Melnick
Categories: Motion picture theaters
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Motorbooks

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More than 100 years after the first movie delighted audiences, movie theaters remain the last great community centers and one of the few amusements any family c
Drive-in Theaters
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Kerry Segrave
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-25 - Publisher: McFarland

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A primarily American institution (though it appeared in other countries such as Japan and Italy), the drive-in theater now sits on the verge of extinction. Duri
The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at the Movies
Language: en
Pages: 397
Authors: Toby Talbot
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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"In this irresistible memoir, Toby Talbot, co-owner and proud "matron" of the New Yorker Theater, reveals the story behind Manhattan's wild and wonderful affair
Tulsa Movie Theaters
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: Steve Clem, Maggie Brown, and the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-19 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Going to the movies has always been special. Tulsa's first theater opened in 1906 with a lineup of silent reels and live vaudeville entertainment. During the ne