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Frontmatter
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David Welling
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Foreword vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction xiii
- One. Staged Origins 1
- Two. The Nickelodeons 9
- Three. Bigger and Better 29
- Four. The Majestics 43
- Five. The Main Three: The Metropolitan, the Kirby, and Loew’s State 65
- Six. The Later 1920s: You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet! 85
- Seven. Will Horwitz, Philanthropist 101
- Eight. The Neighborhood Theatre, 1934–1949 117
- Nine. Hoblitzelle’s Interstate 151
- Ten. Jim Crow and the Ethnic Theatre 177
- Eleven. The Fifties: The Incredible 3-D Wide-Screen Technicolor Stereophonic-Sound Ballyhoo Parade 195
- Twelve. The Drive-in: A View from the Car Seat 203
- Thirteen. The Sixties: The Times, They Are A-Changin’ 229
- Fourteen. The X-Houses 241
- Fifteen. From Multicinema to Multiplex: Safety in Numbers 251
- Sixteen. Let Them Eat Candy: The Concession Stand 265
- Seventeen. Beyond the Fringe: Midnight Movies and the Alternative Cinema 273
- Eighteen. Rediscovery in the Age of the Megaplex 285
- Nineteen. Perspectives: An Afterword 295
- Notes 299
- Bibliography 317
- Index 321
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Foreword vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction xiii
- One. Staged Origins 1
- Two. The Nickelodeons 9
- Three. Bigger and Better 29
- Four. The Majestics 43
- Five. The Main Three: The Metropolitan, the Kirby, and Loew’s State 65
- Six. The Later 1920s: You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet! 85
- Seven. Will Horwitz, Philanthropist 101
- Eight. The Neighborhood Theatre, 1934–1949 117
- Nine. Hoblitzelle’s Interstate 151
- Ten. Jim Crow and the Ethnic Theatre 177
- Eleven. The Fifties: The Incredible 3-D Wide-Screen Technicolor Stereophonic-Sound Ballyhoo Parade 195
- Twelve. The Drive-in: A View from the Car Seat 203
- Thirteen. The Sixties: The Times, They Are A-Changin’ 229
- Fourteen. The X-Houses 241
- Fifteen. From Multicinema to Multiplex: Safety in Numbers 251
- Sixteen. Let Them Eat Candy: The Concession Stand 265
- Seventeen. Beyond the Fringe: Midnight Movies and the Alternative Cinema 273
- Eighteen. Rediscovery in the Age of the Megaplex 285
- Nineteen. Perspectives: An Afterword 295
- Notes 299
- Bibliography 317
- Index 321
