American showman Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935 /

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Melnick, Ross
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.
Schriftenreihe:Film and culture.
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • Roxy and silent film exhibition (1908-1922). A new art for a new art form: Roxy and the development of motion picture exhibition (1908-1913)
  • Broadway melody: Roxy, Riesenfeld, and the deluxe theater movement (1913-1917)
  • The movie house as recruiting center: Roxy, World War I documentaries, and the engineering of consent (1917-1918)
  • "The man who gave the movies a college education": Roxy, Rapee, and motion pictures at the Capitol Theatre (1919-1922)
  • Roxy and the birth of media convergence (1922-1936). A capitol idea: Roxy and the birth of media convergence (1922-1925)
  • "It's the Roxy and I'm Roxy": building the brand and the Roxy Theatre (1925-1927)
  • It's all playing in Sheboygan: Roxy, Rapee, and the emergence of convergence (1928-1931)
  • The prologue is past: Roxy, media divergence, and Radio City Music Hall (1931-1936)
  • Conclusion.