02339nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10245810 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070110s2007 txuab sb s001 0 eng 2007001066 9780292717008 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292717008 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646761263 n-us-tx NA6846.U62 H689 2007eb 725/.823097641411 22 Welling, David, 1958- Cinema Houston [electronic resource] : from Nickelodeon to Megaplex / David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. xviii, 332 p. : ill., map. Roger Fullington series in architecture Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index. Introduction -- Staged origins -- The nickelodeons -- Bigger and better -- The majestics -- The main three : the metropolitan, the Kirby, and Loew's state -- The later 1920s : you ain't heard nothing yet! -- Will Horwitz, philanthropist -- The neighborhood theatre, 1934-1949 -- Hoblitzelle's interstate -- Jim Crow and the ethnic theatre -- The fifties : the incredible 3-d wide-screen technicolor stereophonic-sound ballyhoo parade -- The drive-in : a view from the car seat -- The sixties : the times, they are a-changin' -- The x-houses -- From multicinema to multiplex : safety in numbers -- Let them eat candy : the concession stand -- Beyond the fringe : midnight movies and the alternative cinema -- Rediscovery in the age of the megaplex -- Perspectives : an afterword -- Notes. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Motion picture theaters Texas Houston. Houston (Tex.) Buildings, structures, etc. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Texas film and media studies series. Roger Fullington series in architecture. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10245810 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 35616 35616