TY  - BOOK
AU  - Forsher,James
TI  - The community of cinema: how cinema and spectacle transformed the American downtown
SN  - 0275973557 (alk. paper)
U1  - 302.23430973  
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Westport, Conn.
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Motion picture theaters
KW  - History
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - 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.
ER  -