When movies were theater : architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film /
Paul, William, 1944-
When movies were theater : architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film / William Paul. - pages cm. - Film and culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: an art of the theater -- Making movies fit -- Store theaters: a radical break -- Palatial architecture, democratized audience -- Elite taste in a mass medium -- Uncanny theater -- The architectural screen -- Conclusion: Ontological fade-out -- Appendix 1: Stage shows and double features in select markets outside New York City -- Appendix 2: Feature films based on theatrical sources, 1914-2011 -- Abbreviations used for citations in notes.
9780231176569 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231176576 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015044943
Space and time in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and architecture.
Motion picture theaters.
Theater architecture.
PN1995.9.S668 / P38 2016
791.43/095693
When movies were theater : architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film / William Paul. - pages cm. - Film and culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: an art of the theater -- Making movies fit -- Store theaters: a radical break -- Palatial architecture, democratized audience -- Elite taste in a mass medium -- Uncanny theater -- The architectural screen -- Conclusion: Ontological fade-out -- Appendix 1: Stage shows and double features in select markets outside New York City -- Appendix 2: Feature films based on theatrical sources, 1914-2011 -- Abbreviations used for citations in notes.
9780231176569 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231176576 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015044943
Space and time in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and architecture.
Motion picture theaters.
Theater architecture.
PN1995.9.S668 / P38 2016
791.43/095693