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A heavily illustrated history of the motion picture theater in the US. Some 250 photos--65 in excellent color (many of the bandw are poor)--demonstrate the extr
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-15 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

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During the 1920s, a visit to the movie theater almost always included a sing-along. Patrons joined together to render old favorites and recent hits, usually acc
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Beginning with the Nickelodeons and penny arcades in the 1890s, the American movie theater evolved as films did, in sophistication and mass appeal, reaching new
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Language: en
Pages: 134
Authors: David Balaban
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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A pictorial history of the movie theater business of the Balaban and Katz Theater Corporation in Chicago.
Cinema Treasures
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Ross Melnick
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Motorbooks

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More than 100 years after the first movie delighted audiences, movie theaters remain the last great community centers and one of the few amusements any family c