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Theatres of San Francisco

Theatres of San Francisco - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jack TillmanyPublish date:2005-08-31Pages:130
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531616380ISBN-10:1531616380UPC:9781531616380Book Category:History, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:United States, FilmBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCG8VA8ZHA
You read the sad stories in the papers: another ornate, 1920s, single-screen theatre closes, to be demolished and replaced by a strip mall. That's progress, and in this 20-screen multiplex world, it's happening more and more. Only a handful of the 100 or so neighborhood theatres that once graced these streets are left in San Francisco, but they live on in the photographs featured in this book. The heyday of such venues as the Clay, Noe, Metro, New Mission, Alexandria, Coronet, Fox, Uptown, Coliseum, Surf, El Rey, and Royal was a time when San Franciscans thronged to the movies and vaudeville shows, dressed to the hilt, to see and be seen in majestic art deco palaces. Unfortunately, this era has passed into history despite the dedicated efforts of many neighborhood preservation groups.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531616380ISBN-10:1531616380UPC:9781531616380Book Category:History, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:United States, FilmBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCG8VA8ZHA
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

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Jack Tillmany

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