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

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.