Cinema Houston celebrates a vibrant century of movie theatres and moviegoing in Texass largest city. Illustrated with more than two hundred historical photographs; newspaper clippings; and advertisements; it traces the history of Houston movie theatres from their early twentieth-century beginnings in vaudeville and nickelodeon houses to the opulent downtown theatres built in the 1920s (the Majestic; Metropolitan; Kirby; and Loews State). It also captures the excitement of the neighborhood theatres of the 1930s and 1940s; including the Alabama; Tower; and River Oaks; the theatres of the 1950s and early 1960s; including the Windsor and its Cinerama roadshows; and the multicinemas and megaplexes that have come to dominate the movie scene since the late 1960s.While preserving the glories of Houstons lost movie palacesmdash;only a few of these historic theatres still survivemdash;Cinema Houston also vividly re-creates the moviegoing experience; chronicling midnight movie madness; summer nights at the drive-in; and; of course; all those tasty snacks at the concession stand. Sure to appeal to a wide audience; from movie fans to devotees of Houstons architectural history; Cinema Houston captures the bygone era of the citys movie houses; from the lowbrow to the sublime; the hi-tech sound of 70mm Dolby and THX to the crackle of a drive-in speaker on a cool spring evening.
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