Ticket to paradise : American movie theaters and how we had fun / John Margolies and Emily Gwathmey ; prologue by Harold Ramis.

Main entry:

Margolies, John, author.

Title & Author:

Ticket to paradise : American movie theaters and how we had fun / John Margolies and Emily Gwathmey ; prologue by Harold Ramis.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

142 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 28 cm

Notes:
"A Bulfinch Press book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141) and index.
Now playing -- Scene one: Movies made me -- Scene two: The good old days -- Scene three: Uptown/downtown -- Scene four: They ran the show -- Scene five: Small town stories -- Scene six: Saturday matinees -- Scene seven: Drive-ins -- Scene eight: Elegy.

Summary:

A celebration of the glory days of the American theater from big city movie palaces to tiny gems on Main Street and a journey back to the movie theaters of our youth.

ISBN:

0821218298
9780821218297

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Motion picture theaters United States History.
Motion picture theaters United States Pictorial works.
Popular culture United States.
Culture populaire États-Unis.
Motion picture theaters
Popular culture
Kino
Bildband
cinéma (bâtiment) Etats-Unis 20e s.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Views (visual works)
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Books.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Gwathmey, Emily Margolin, author.
Ramis, Harold, writer of prologue.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 81801
Call No.: PN1993.5.U6 M3 (ID:95-B2784)
Status: Available

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