The community of cinema: how cinema and spectacle transformed the American downtown/
Forsher, James
The community of cinema: how cinema and spectacle transformed the American downtown/ James Forsher. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2003. - viii, 155 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-148) and index.
From Storefront to Palace -- The Community of Cinema -- It Started with a Nickel -- Entertainment Districts and the New American Downtown -- Queen Elizabeth and the Feature Film -- Palaces on Main Street -- Roxy -- The Theater as a Mirror of Society -- Colored Theaters -- The Church Takes up the Fight against the Movies -- Crisis at the Box Office -- Propaganda Wars -- Social Upheaval -- Cinema Goes to the Suburbs -- The Los Angeles Theater District -- Integration: One Town's Story -- The Return of Spectacle -- Preserving Spectacle -- The Megaplex and Beyond -- Cinema and the City.
0275973557 (alk. paper)
Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
Motion picture theaters--History.--United States
United States--Social life and customs
302.23430973 / FOR/C
The community of cinema: how cinema and spectacle transformed the American downtown/ James Forsher. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2003. - viii, 155 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-148) and index.
From Storefront to Palace -- The Community of Cinema -- It Started with a Nickel -- Entertainment Districts and the New American Downtown -- Queen Elizabeth and the Feature Film -- Palaces on Main Street -- Roxy -- The Theater as a Mirror of Society -- Colored Theaters -- The Church Takes up the Fight against the Movies -- Crisis at the Box Office -- Propaganda Wars -- Social Upheaval -- Cinema Goes to the Suburbs -- The Los Angeles Theater District -- Integration: One Town's Story -- The Return of Spectacle -- Preserving Spectacle -- The Megaplex and Beyond -- Cinema and the City.
0275973557 (alk. paper)
Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
Motion picture theaters--History.--United States
United States--Social life and customs
302.23430973 / FOR/C