American Movie Palaces
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Shire Library USA
ISBN-10
0747812829
ISBN-13
9780747812821
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Shire Publications
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 10th, 2013
Print length
64 Pages
Weight
168 grams
Dimensions
21.20 x 15.10 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
History of the Americas20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000Social & cultural history
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From Nickelodeons and penny arcades in the 1890s to sophisticated, grand movie palaces in the 1920s and '30s, the evolution of American movie theaters was as dramatic as the films they showed. This book identifies the main styles of decoration, examples, and the architects and designers behind them.
From Nickelodeons and penny arcades in the 1890s to sophisticated, grand movie palaces in the 1920s and ''30s, the evolution of American movie theaters was as dramatic as the films they showed. These were the places that gave many millions of Americans their first glimpses of glamor, romance and adventure, and which took them on previously undreamed-of roller-coaster rides of action, thrills and drama. While film stars became gods and goddesses and films became ever more spectacular, movie palaces rose up across the nation and matched the grandeur of these new cinematic worlds with their architectural spectacle, adopting the exotic styles of everything from Egyptian temples to Chinese pagodas to Italian villages. This book identifies the main styles of decoration, the most brilliant examples, the architects and designers behind them, and conjures up the experience of actually sitting in one as the lights dimmed and the music swelled.
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