An edition of American showman (2012)

American showman

Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935

by

  • 0 Ratings
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read
Cover of: American showman by Ross Melnick
Preview Only

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
  • 0 Ratings
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read
Notes

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
January 14, 2023 | History
Edit
An edition of American showman (2012)

American showman

Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935

by

  • 0 Ratings
  • 0 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Language
English

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Subjects
Motion picture theaters, Motion picture theater owners, Businessmen, Radio broadcasters, Motion picture industry, Biography, History, Businesspeople, biography, Radio, biography
People
Samuel Lionel Rothafel (1881-1936)
Places
United States

Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?

Edition Availability
Cover of: American showman
American showman: Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935
2012, Columbia University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

Add another edition?

Book Details

Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Series
Film and culture

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.4302/32092, B
Library of Congress
PN1998.3.R68 M45 2012, PN1998.3.R68M45 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25140057M
Internet Archive
americanshowmans0000meln
ISBN 13
9780231159043
LCCN
2011050324
OCLC/WorldCat
768417960

Source records

Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
Library of Congress MARC record
Internet Archive item record
harvard_bibliographic_metadata record
marc_columbia MARC record
Promise Item

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
January 14, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
December 22, 2022 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
December 13, 2022 Edited by CoverBot //covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/13053473-S.jpg
December 12, 2022 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
December 28, 2011 Created by LC Bot Imported from Library of Congress MARC record