Movie theaters of Washington, D.C. / Robert K. Headley and Pat Padua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Headley, Robert K. (Robert Kirk), 1938- author.

Padua, Pat, author.

Series:

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture theaters--Washington (D.C.)--Pictorial works.

Motion picture theaters.

Motion picture theaters--Maryland--History--Pictorial works.

Motion picture theaters--Virginia--History--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings--Washington (D.C.)--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2018]

Summary:

Over the past 110 years, there have been more than 100 movie theaters in Washington and its suburbs, from tiny nickelodeons and mini-auditoriums seating fewer than 100 people to mammoth palaces and megplexes seating thousands. . . . In this book, we will address the many varieties of the moviegoing experience" -- Introduction, page 7.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Early Theaters

2. The First Movie Theaters

3. Becoming Palaces

4. Palaces and Talkies

5. A Theater Near You

6. The Move to the Suburbs

7. Widescreens, Shoeboxes, and Multiplexes, Oh My!

8. Decline and Rebirth

Index

The Theatre Historical Society of America.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439665527

1439665524

OCLC:

1293254326