02000cam a2200325 4500 130127666 TxAuBib 20080416120000.0 070110s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007001066 9780292717008 cloth : alk. paper 0292717008 cloth : alk. paper (OCoLC)79256710 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER YDXCP C#P BWX DLC TxAuBib Welling, David, 1958- Cinema Houston [ANF] : from Nickelodeon to Megaplex / David Welling ; foreword by Jack Valenti. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. xviii, 332 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm. Texas film and media studies series Roger Fullington series in architecture Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320 and index.) 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. 20080416. Motion picture theaters Texas Houston. Houston (Tex) Buildings, structures, etc. Texas film and media studies series. Roger Fullington series in architecture. TXGPL