02339nam a2200385 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020003600151040002100187035002100208043001200229050002800241082002600269100002700295245011900322250001200441260004800453300003200501490004400533504006400577505079200641533015201433650004501585651004801630655002901678710001701707830004101724830004501765856012601810999001701936ebr10245810CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||070110s2007    txuab   sb   s001 0 eng    z  2007001066  z9780292717008 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0292717008 (cloth : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)646761263  an-us-tx14aNA6846.U62bH689 2007eb04a725/.8230976414112221 aWelling, David,d1958-10aCinema Houstonh[electronic resource] :bfrom Nickelodeon to Megaplex /cDavid Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti.  a1st ed.  aAustin :bUniversity of Texas Press,c2007.  axviii, 332 p. :bill., map.1 aRoger Fullington series in architecture  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index.0 aIntroduction -- 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aMotion picture theaterszTexaszHouston. 0aHouston (Tex.)xBuildings, structures, etc. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aTexas film and media studies series. 0aRoger Fullington series in architecture.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10245810zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c35616d35616