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" Cinema Houston : "
David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti
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BL
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582147
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b411366
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| Main Entry
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Welling, David,1958-
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| Title & Author
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Cinema Houston : : from Nickelodeon to Megaplex /\ David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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Austin :: University of Texas Press,, 2007
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| Series Statement
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Roger Fullington series in architecture
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| Page. NO
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xviii, 332 p. :: ill., map ;; 27 cm
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| ISBN
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9780292717008 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0292717008 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Staged origins -- The nickelodeons -- Bigger and better -- The majestics -- The main three : the metropolitan, the Kirby, and Loew's state -- The later 1920s : you ain't heard nothing yet! -- Will Horwitz, philanthropist -- The neighborhood theatre, 1934-1949 -- Hoblitzelle's interstate -- Jim Crow and the ethnic theatre -- The fifties : the incredible 3-d wide-screen technicolor stereophonic-sound ballyhoo parade -- The drive-in : a view from the car seat -- The sixties : the times, they are a-changin' -- The x-houses -- From multicinema to multiplex : safety in numbers -- Let them eat candy : the concession stand -- Beyond the fringe : midnight movies and the alternative cinema -- Rediscovery in the age of the megaplex -- Perspectives : an afterword -- Notes
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| Subject
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Motion picture theaters-- Texas-- Houston
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Houston (Tex.), Buildings, structures, etc
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| Dewey Classification
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725/.823097641411
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NA6846.U62H689 2007
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