The golden age of Indianapolis theaters
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| Language: | English |
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Bloomington [Ind.] :
Quarry Books/Indiana University Press,
c2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Birth of a theater buff
- Theater one and what happened before
- A war's effect and another theater is born
- Theater count briefly jumps to three
- English's opera house and its impact
- The 1890s and its seeds of change
- Theater enhancement and the gentle intrusion of moving pictures
- English's and The Grand lead the growing theater parade
- The Shuberts come to town as the theater competition grows
- City's first movie palace enhances respectability of going to the movies
- The 1920s and the birth of new challenges
- The silent film era's finale
- Sound moves in with a vengeance
- The 1930s and its challenges
- The 1930s and its challenges II
- The rest of the 1930s survivors
- The 1940s, a decade of success and sadness
- The 1950s bring changes and new competition
- A brief look at what happened next.