Cinema Houston
Subtitle: from Nickelodeon to Megaplex
By: David Welling.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Roger Fullington series in architecture
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292717008
Subjects: Motion picture theaters -- Texas -- Houston; Houston (Tex.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ch. 1. Staged origins; title: Ch. 2. The nickelodeons; title: Ch. 3. Bigger and better; title: Ch. 4. The majestics; title: Ch. 5. The main three : the metropolitan, the Kirby, and Loew's state; title: Ch. 6. The later 1920s : you ain't heard nothing yet!; title: Ch. 7. Will Horwitz, philanthropist; title: Ch. 8. The neighborhood theatre, 1934-1949; title: Ch. 9. Hoblitzelle's interstate; title: Ch. 10. Jim Crow and the ethnic theatre; title: Ch. 11. The fifties : the incredible 3-d wide-screen technicolor stereophonic-sound ballyhoo parade; title: Ch. 12. The drive-in : a view from the car seat; title: Ch. 13. The sixties : the times, they are a-changin'; title: Ch. 14. The x-houses; title: Ch. 15. From multicinema to multiplex : safety in numbers; title: Ch. 16. Let them eat candy : the concession stand; title: Ch. 17. Beyond the fringe : midnight movies and the alternative cinema; title: Ch. 18. Rediscovery in the age of the megaplex; title: Ch. 19. Perspectives : an afterword; title: Notes.