Cathedrals of the Movies. A history of British cinemas and their audiences
Details:
- Author(s) Atwell, David
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1980
- Pages 194pp; illus
- Publisher Architectural Press
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Buildings: building types
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals especially with the architecture, functionality, etc, of cinema buildings and their evolution. Indexed by cinema-owning business. Much in particular about Odeon cinemas. Has sections: 'The age of the penny gaff'; 'From theatre to cinema'; 'The 'silent' twenties'; 'An acre of seats in a garden of dreams'; 'The talkies and the supers'; 'A Russian designer of Venetian palaces' [Theodore Komisarjevsky]; 'Oscar Deutsch entertains our nation'; 'The decline of the cinema and its social function'