American showman Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935 / [electronic resource] :
Ross Melnick.
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.
- xiv, 538 p., [20] p. of plates : ill.
- Film and culture .
- Film and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Roxy and silent film exhibition (1908-1922). A new art for a new art form: Roxy and the development of motion picture exhibition (1908-1913) -- Broadway melody: Roxy, Riesenfeld, and the deluxe theater movement (1913-1917) -- The movie house as recruiting center: Roxy, World War I documentaries, and the engineering of consent (1917-1918) -- "The man who gave the movies a college education": Roxy, Rapee, and motion pictures at the Capitol Theatre (1919-1922) -- Roxy and the birth of media convergence (1922-1936). A capitol idea: Roxy and the birth of media convergence (1922-1925) -- "It's the Roxy and I'm Roxy": building the brand and the Roxy Theatre (1925-1927) -- It's all playing in Sheboygan: Roxy, Rapee, and the emergence of convergence (1928-1931) -- The prologue is past: Roxy, media divergence, and Radio City Music Hall (1931-1936) -- Conclusion.
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Rothafel, Samuel Lionel, 1881-1936.
Motion picture theater owners--United States--Biography. Radio broadcasters--United States--Biography. Businessmen--United States--Biography. Motion picture industry--History.--United States Motion picture theaters--History.--United States