Life and death of a movie theater
By: I. Joseph Hyatt
Publisher: [CreateSpace]
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781512212839
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Motion picture theaters; History
Description: "The Life and Death of a Movie Theater is the story of the State Theater, a neighborhood movie house in Woodbridge, NJ. The story of this theater is the story of many theaters throughout the United States and around the world. For over 40 years the State was the place to go. Many generations grew up with the State Theater and its staff as a major part of their lives. As Humphrey Bogart once said, it was 'the stuff that dreams are made of.'--Back cover
Table of contents: title: The beginning; title: Construction; title: Opening night; title: Nathan Marcus; title: Booking practices; title: Harry A. McCormick; title: Early promotions; title: Sound pictures begin; title: Silent movies return; title: Thomas A. "Speck" Coughlin; title: Local competition; title: The Depression years; title: Albert E. Roldfs; title: Earl Arnold; title: A.J. Sabo; title: The projection both; title: The Depression deepens; title: The exploitation film; title: Competition returns; title: The pre-war years; title: During the war; title: After the war; title: The Sixties; title: The State's final years; title: The Iselin Theater; title: The Fords Playhouse; title: The Menlo Park Cinema; title: The Fox Theater; title: Plainfield-Edison Indoor-Outdoor; title: Woodbridge Drive-In/Cinema; title: The Amboy's Drive-In; title: The Forum Theater; title: After the State.