Main entry:

Hall, Ben M., author.

Title & Author:

The best remaining seats : the story of the golden age of the movie palace / by Bn M. Hall.

Edition:

[First edition].

Publication:

New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., [©1961]

Description:

266 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm

Notes:
Published in 1975 under title: The golden age of the movie palace.
Includes index.
Foreword by Bosley Crowther -- Even Texas Guinan Was There -- Mama, Midas and Main Street -- The Dream Begins -- "A Wonderful Audience in Costly Togs" -- "...A Thousand Incandescent Lights" Broadway gets a parthenon -- From White Elephant to Golden Goose -- "Hello Everybody" -- On This Site... -- "An Acre of Seats in a Garden of Dreams" Cloudland created; Where the mind is free to frolic; "Everything in tones of antique gold..."; "A cavern of many-colored jewels" -- "Take the Grand Staircase to the Left" -- "...The Peal of the Grand Organ, the Flourish of Golden Trumpets" -- The Apotheosis of the Mighty Wurlitzer -- ...And On the Grand Stage -- "Show Us the Realm Where Fantasy Reigns" Lochinvar from the Windy City; Croesus in concrete; The rising young of Market Street; The "Idea" idea; Sylphides, songbirds and salvation -- "Hear It, Cheer It...Love It!" The stage moves to the screen -- The End of the Dream -- Index.

Subject:

Motion picture theaters United States History.
Amusements United States.
Theater architecture United States.
Architecture des théâtres États-Unis.
Amusements
Motion picture theaters
United States

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 98996
Call No.: 7773
Status: Available