Welling, David,  1958- <br/><br/>
Cinema Houston  from Nickelodeon to Megaplex /  [electronic resource] : 
David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Austin :  University of Texas Press,  2007. 
 - xviii, 332 p. :  ill., map. 
 - Roger Fullington series in architecture .
 - Texas film and media studies series. Roger Fullington series in architecture. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion picture theaters--Texas--Houston.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Houston (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA6846.U62  / H689 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>725/.823097641411