List of Illustrations |
Acknowledgments |
Introduction: A Century at the Movies: Gregory A. Waller |
Capturing an Audience, Creating a Business: 1896-1916:.Introduction / Part I: |
Introducing Cinema to the American Public: The Vitascope in the United States, 1896-7 / Charles Musser1: |
From Rum Shop to Rialto: Workers and Movies / Roy Rosenzweig2: |
Cheap Amusements (1908) / John Collier3: |
Some Picture Show Audiences (1911) / Mary Heaton Vorse4: |
Motion-Picture Work (1911) / David Hulfish5: |
Hints to Exhibitors (1908) / W. Stephen Bush6: |
Handling the Visitor (1909): Moving Picture World / 7: |
Posteritis (1910) / F. H. Richardson8: |
Swelling the Box Office Receipts (1911) / George Rockhill Craw9: |
The Murder of Othello (1911) / H. F. Hoffman10: |
Projection (1912) / 11: |
The Regulation of Motion Picture Theaters (1912) / Boyd Fisher12: |
Architectural Treatment of the Moving Picture Theatre (1914) / Aymar Embury II13: |
Palatial Palaces and Everyday Practices: 1916-1930:.Introduction / Part II: |
"You Can Have the Strand in Your Own Town": The Struggle between Urban and Small-Town Exhibition in the Picture Palace Era / Kathryn H. Fuller14: |
What the Public Wants in the Picture Theater (1925) / Samuel L. Rothafel ("Roxy")15: |
Theater Entrances and Lobbies (1925) / E. C .A. Bullock16: |
A Description of the Capitol Theater, Chicago (1925) / John Eberson17: |
Building Theatre Patronage (1927) / John F. Barry ; Epes W. Sargent18: |
Motion Picture Theater Management (1928) / Harold B. Franklin19: |
Fashioning an Exhibition Empire: Promotion, Publicity, and the Rise of Public Theaters / Douglas Gomery20: |
Where "Movie Playing" Needs Reform (1920) / K. Sherwood Boblitz21: |
Musical Presentation of Motion Pictures (1921) / George W. Beynon22: |
Music (1927) / 23: |
Future Developments (1927) / Harry M. Warner24: |
Motion Pictures as a Phase of Commercialized Amusement in Toldedo, Ohio (1919) / J. J. Phelan25: |
The Motion Picture and the Upbuilding of Community Life (1920) / Orrin G. Cocks26: |
Our Movie Made Children (1934) / Henry James Foreman27: |
Ethnography and Exhibition: The Child Audience, the Hays Office, and Saturday Matinees / Richard deCordova28: |
Picture Shows and New Theaters: The 1930s and 1940s:.Introduction / Part III: |
Hillbilly Music and Will Rogers: Small-Town Picture Shows in the 1930s / Gregory A. Waller29: |
Bank Night (1936) / H. O. Kusell30: |
The Management of Motion Picture Theatres (1938) / Frank H. Ricketson, Jr.31: |
Show Lady (1939) / Carlie Beach Roney32: |
What's Playing at the Grove? (1948): Fortune / 33: |
Give the Movie Exhibitor a Chance! (1935) / P. S. Harrison34: |
Economic Control of the Motion Picture Industry (1944) / Mae D. Huettig35: |
New Theatres for the Cinema (1932) / Ben Schlanger36: |
Motion Picture Theaters (1937) / 37: |
A New Architecture for the Movie Theater (1948): Architectural Record / 38: |
Psychology of the Theater (1948) / Walter A. Cutter39: |
Drive-In, Art House, Mulitplex: The 1950s and Beyond:.Introduction / Part IV: |
Spectator and Screen / John Belton40: |
Big Boom in Outdoor Movies (1956) / Frank J. Taylor41: |
Free Lances (1929) / Alexander Bakshy42: |
Sure-Seaters Discover an Audience (1952) / Stanley Frank43: |
Some Considerations on the Rise of the Art-Film Theater (1956) / John E. Twomey44: |
Domestic Theatrical and Semi-Theatrical Distribution and Exhibition of American Independent Feature Films: A Survey in 1983 / Betsy McLane45: |
The Harlem Theater: Black Film Exhibition in Austin, Texas: 1920-1973 / Dan Streible46: |
The Exhibitors (1972) / Stanley H. Durwood47: |
The K-Mart Audience at the Mall Movies / William Paul48: |
Modern Times (1993) / Barbara Stones49: |
From Exhibition to Reception: Reflections on the Audience in Film History / Robert C. A50: |
List of Illustrations |
Acknowledgments |
Introduction: A Century at the Movies: Gregory A. Waller |
Capturing an Audience, Creating a Business: 1896-1916:.Introduction / Part I: |
Introducing Cinema to the American Public: The Vitascope in the United States, 1896-7 / Charles Musser1: |
From Rum Shop to Rialto: Workers and Movies / Roy Rosenzweig2: |