The community of cinema: how cinema and spectacle transformed the American downtown/ James Forsher.
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TextPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2003Description: viii, 155 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0275973557 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States | Motion picture theaters -- United States -- History | United States -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 302.23430973 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 302.23430973 FOR/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P22499 |
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.
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