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008 111209s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aPN1998.3.R68$bM45 2012
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100 1 $aMelnick, Ross.
245 10 $aAmerican showman :$bSamuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the birth of the entertainment industry, 1908-1935 /$cRoss Melnick.
260 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1203
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aFilm and culture
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
600 10 $aRothafel, Samuel Lionel,$d1881-1936.
650 0 $aMotion picture theater owners$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aRadio broadcasters$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aBusinessmen$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aMotion picture industry$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aMotion picture theaters$zUnited States$xHistory.