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

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Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel (1882-1936) built an influential and prolific career as film exhibitor, stage producer, radio broadcaster, musical arranger, theater manager, war propagandist, and international celebrity. He helped engineer the integration of film, music, and live performance in sil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melnick, Ross (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]
Colección:Film and culture.
Temas:
Rothafel, Samuel Lionel, > 1882-1936.
Rothafel, Samuel Lionel, > 1882-1936
Motion picture theater owners > United States > Biography.
Radio broadcasters > United States > Biography.
Businessmen > United States > Biography.
Motion picture industry > United States > History.
Motion picture theaters > United States > History.
Propriétaires de cinémas > États-Unis > Biographies.
Hommes d'affaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Businessmen.
Motion picture industry.
Motion picture theater owners.
Motion picture theaters.
Radio broadcasters.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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