Theatres Of San Francisco

Author : Jack Tillmany
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738530208
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatres of San Francisco written by Jack Tillmany and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Jack Tillmany
Publisher : Imaginary Lines, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780738575780
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatres of the San Francisco Peninsula written by Jack Tillmany and published by Imaginary Lines, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The San Francisco Peninsula serves as a geographic and transportation link between the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and all points north and south. As commerce increased along its highways and railroad lines from the late 19th century onward, cities and towns flourished along that corridor. Wherever commerce went, entertainment followed. Beginning with early playhouses and storefront nickelodeons, continuing through the movie palace period, the golden age of the drive-in theatre, and into the days of the multiplex, this volume of vintage photographs captures the various eras as they applied to the peninsula.

Author : Jack Tillmany
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738546810
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatres of Oakland written by Jack Tillmany and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oakland has a rich theatre history, from the amusements of a gas-lit downtown light opera and vaudeville stage in the 1870s to the ornate cinematic escape portals of the Great Depression. Dozens of neighborhood theatres, once the site of family outings and first dates, remain cherished memories in the lives of Oaklanders. The city can still boast three fabulous movie palaces from the golden age of cinema: the incomparable art deco Paramount, which now offers live performances and films; the stately Grand Lake gracing the sinuous shores of Lake Merritt; and the magnificently eccentric Fox Oakland, with its imposing Hindu gods flanking the stage. The Paramount and Grand Lake still stir the heartstrings of patrons with showings preceded by interludes on their mighty WurliTzer organs.

Author : Lawrence Estavan
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0893704644
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Italian Theatre in San Francisco written by Lawrence Estavan and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Italian-American operatic, dramatic, and comedic productions presented in the San Francisco Bay area through the Depression Era, with reminiscences of the leading players and impresarios of the time, reworked and re-edited by Mary A. Burgess from the Federal Writers Project production of 1939.

Author : Theatre Aquarius Archives (University of Guelph)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into the Woods written by Theatre Aquarius Archives (University of Guelph) and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edmond McAdoo Gagey
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The San Francisco Stage, a History written by Edmond McAdoo Gagey and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1970 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Quiara Alegría Hudes
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780822227151
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water by the Spoonful written by Quiara Alegría Hudes and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. The boundaries of family and communi

Author : Lucas Hnath
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468315420
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christians written by Lucas Hnath and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastor Paul does not believe in Hell, and today, he's going to preach a sermon that finally says what he really believes. He thinks all the people in his church are going be happy to hear what he has to say. He's wrong.

Author : Suzanne Tarbell Cooper
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738555799
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatres in Los Angeles written by Suzanne Tarbell Cooper and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles and the movies grew up together, and a natural extension of the picture business was the premium presentation of the product--the biggest, best, and brightest theatres imaginable. The magnificent movie palaces along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles still represent the highest concentration of vintage theatres in the world. With Hollywood and the movies practically synonymous, the theatres in the studios' neighborhood were state-of-the-art for showbiz, whether they were designed for film, vaudeville, or stage productions. From the elegant Orpheum and the exotic Grauman's Chinese to the modest El Rey, this volume celebrates the architecture and social history of Los Angeles's unique collection of historic theatres past and present. The common threads that connect them all, from the grandest movie palace to the smallest neighborhood theatre, are stories and the ghosts of audiences past waiting in the dark for the show to begin.

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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book San Francisco Bay Area Theatre directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: