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Subtitle: a history of film and cinematic innovation in Central New York
By: Norman O. Keim.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Television and popular culture
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Syracuse
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780815608967
Subjects: Motion pictures -- New York (State) -- History; Motion picture theaters -- New York (State) -- History
Description: "Norman O. Keim and David Marc provide a highly readable and richly detailed account of the origins of American film in Central New York, the colorful history of neighborhood theaters in Syracuse, and the famous film personalities who got their start in the unlikely snow belt of New York State."--Inside jacket.
Table of contents: title: Origins of American film in Central New York State; title: The nickelodeon era, 1909-1919; title: The roaring twenties : movie palaces and theater organs; title: The great depression and the War : talkies, double features, and dish night; title: End of the studio era : TV, widescreen projection, and drive-ins; title: The Schine and Kallet circuits : exhibition in Central New York; title: Neighborhood theaters in the city of Syracuse; title: People; title: Cinema figures with links to central and upstate New York: a biographical dictionary.