Movie palace masterpiece
Subtitle: saving Syracuse's Loew's State/Landmark Theatre
By: Alfred Balk, editor.
Contributors: Balk, Alfred.
Series: Landmark heritage series
Publisher: Landmark Theatre Foundation; Distributed by Syracuse University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Lamb, Thos. W. -- 1871-1942,; Loew's State Theatre (Syracuse, N.Y.) -- History.; Motion picture theaters -- New York (State) -- Syracuse -- History.; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.; Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Description: Elegant "movie palaces" by the hundreds once graced American cities and towns, but television, suburbia, and shopping malls doomed virtually all. This is the story of one survivor: the ornate, 2,900-seat former Loew's State Theatre in Syracuse, N.Y., midwife to the Shubert theater chain, Variety, and other entertainment icons.

In news stories, personal recollections, and some fifty illustrations - nearly three dozen in color - "Movie Palace Masterpiece" documents this Hindu-Persian-Oriental treasure's conception, 1928 debut, "golden years," near-destruction, and dramatic rescue. It is an extraordinary saga, evoking a memorable era.