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After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theater
Matt Lambros
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Description for After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theater
Hardcover. BIC Classification: WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 305 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1308.
There's nothing remarkable about a movie theater today, but that wasn t always the case. When the great American movie palaces opened in the early 20th century, they were some of the most lavish, stunning buildings anyone had ever seen. With the advent of television, theater companies found it harder and harder to keep them open. Some were demolished, some were converted, and some remain derelict to this day. After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theatre will take you through 24 of these magnificent buildings showing what beauty remains years after the last ticket ... Read more
There's nothing remarkable about a movie theater today, but that wasn t always the case. When the great American movie palaces opened in the early 20th century, they were some of the most lavish, stunning buildings anyone had ever seen. With the advent of television, theater companies found it harder and harder to keep them open. Some were demolished, some were converted, and some remain derelict to this day. After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theatre will take you through 24 of these magnificent buildings showing what beauty remains years after the last ticket ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jonglez Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1308g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Paris, France
ISBN
9782361951641
SKU
V9782361951641
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About Matt Lambros
Matt Lambros is an architectural photographer who began photographing abandoned buildings over ten years ago. A graduate of Boston University's digital imaging and photojournalism programmes, Lambros has since been documenting the decay of America's abandoned theatres in the hope of shedding light on these forgotten buildings and the efforts to repurpose them. Part of raising awareness of these treasures is ... Read more
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