When movies were theater : architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film

When movies were theater : architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film / William Paul.

There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of events onscreen. This multilayered history tells the story of American film through the evolution of theater architecture and the surprisingly varied ways movies were shown, ranging f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paul, William, 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Series:Film and culture.
Subjects:
Space and time in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and architecture.
Motion picture theaters.
Theater architecture.
Holy Cross Note:Graduating Student Library Worker 2018
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : An art of the theater
  • Making movies fit
  • Store theaters: a radical break
  • Palatial architecture, democratized audience
  • Elite taste in a mass medium
  • Uncanny theater
  • The architectural screen
  • Conclusion : Ontological fade-out
  • Appendix 1. Stage shows and double features in select markets outside New York City
  • Appendix 2. Feature films based on theatrical sources, 1914-2011
  • Appendix 3. Filmography
  • Appendix 4. List of theaters.

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