TY  - BOOK
AU  - Melnick,Ross
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - American showman: Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935 
T2  - Film and culture
AV  - PN1998.3.R68 M45 2012eb
U1  - 791.4302/32092B 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Rothafel, Samuel Lionel,
KW  - Motion picture theater owners
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Radio broadcasters
KW  - Businessmen
KW  - Motion picture industry
KW  - History
KW  - Motion picture theaters
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10556617
ER  -