Paul, William,  1944- <br/><br/>
When movies were theater :  architecture, exhibition, and the evolution of American film / 
William Paul. 
 - pages cm. 
 - Film and culture .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: an art of the theater -- Making movies fit -- Store theaters: a radical break -- Palatial architecture, democratized audience -- Elite taste in a mass medium -- Uncanny theater -- The architectural screen -- Conclusion: Ontological fade-out -- Appendix 1: Stage shows and double features in select markets outside New York City -- Appendix 2: Feature films based on theatrical sources, 1914-2011 -- Abbreviations used for citations in notes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231176569 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231176576 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015044943 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Space and time in motion pictures.<br/>Motion pictures and architecture.<br/>Motion picture theaters.<br/>Theater architecture.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1995.9.S668  / P38 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/095693