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050 1 4 _aPN1998.3.R68
_bM45 2012eb
082 0 4 _a791.4302/32092
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100 1 _aMelnick, Ross.
245 1 0 _aAmerican showman
_h[electronic resource] :
_bSamuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935 /
_cRoss Melnick.
260 _aNew York :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c2012.
300 _axiv, 538 p., [20] p. of plates :
_bill.
490 1 _aFilm and culture
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600 1 0 _aRothafel, Samuel Lionel,
_d1881-1936.
650 0 _aMotion picture theater owners
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aRadio broadcasters
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aBusinessmen
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aMotion picture industry
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aMotion picture theaters
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
830 0 _aFilm and culture.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10556617
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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