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

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Superior document:Film and culture
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Film and culture.
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Physical Description:xiv, 538 p., [20] p. of plates :; ill.
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245 1 0 |a American showman  |h [electronic resource] :  |b Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935 /  |c Ross Melnick. 
260 |a New York :  |b Columbia University Press,  |c 2012. 
300 |a xiv, 538 p., [20] p. of plates :  |b ill. 
490 1 |a Film and culture 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
600 1 0 |a Rothafel, Samuel Lionel,  |d 1881-1936. 
650 0 |a Motion picture theater owners  |z United States  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a Radio broadcasters  |z United States  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a Businessmen  |z United States  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a Motion picture industry  |z United States  |x History. 
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