American showman [electronic resource] : Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935 / Ross Melnick.
Melnick, Ross.
2012
PN1998.3.R68 M45 2012
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Title American showman [electronic resource] : Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935 / Ross Melnick.
Author Melnick, Ross.
ISBN 9780231159043 (cloth alk. paper)
9780231504256 (electronic book)
Publication Details New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.
Language English
Description xiv, 538 p., [20] p. of plates : ill.
Call Number PN1998.3.R68 M45 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.4302/32092 B
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Series Film and culture.
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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.

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