Historic movie theaters of Delaware / Michael J. Nazarewycz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nazarewycz, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture theaters--Delaware--History.

Motion picture theaters.

Buildings--Delaware.

Buildings.

History.

Delaware.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, S.C : History Press, 2019.

Summary:

"From the opera house and movie palace to the modern multiplex, the big screen in Delaware is more than a century old. Hollywood legend Cary Grant visited the Playhouse in 1955, fondly recalling his days on its stage as a child actor. Clint Eastwood came to Wilmington for a secret test screening of his film The Gauntlet at the Branmar Cinema. The groundbreaking history of Star Wars includes a Delaware theater that was one of only forty-five in the country to open the film"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The first theater : there can be only one

The nineteenth century : the (opera) housing boom

The early twentieth century : pictures, moving

The 1910s : the rising south

The 1920s : volume

The 1930s : slower, lower

The 1940s : powers, allied

The 1950s : (close) out with the old, (drive) in with the new

The 1960s : equality for all, immorality for some

The 1970s : of movies, sex and the multiplex

The 1980s : the decade of downsizing

The 1990s : the meh decade

The new millennium : yesterday, today and tomorrow

Roll credits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-206).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.

ISBN:

1625858477

9781625858474

OCLC:

1053582186