The golden age of Indianapolis theaters

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ISBN: 0253354609
ISBN: 9780253354600
ISBN: 0253001439 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780253001436 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Bloomington : Quarry Books/Indiana University Press, ©2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Birth of a theater buff -- Theater one and what happened before -- A war's effect and another theater is born -- Theater count briefly jumps to three -- English's opera house and its impact -- The 1890s and its seeds of change -- Theater enhancement and the gentle intrusion of moving pictures -- English's and The Grand lead the growing theater parade -- The Shuberts come to town as the theater competition grows -- City's first movie palace enhances respectability of going to the movies -- The 1920s and the birth of new challenges -- The silent film era's finale -- Sound moves in with a vengeance -- The 1930s and its challenges -- The 1930s and its challenges II -- The rest of the 1930s survivors -- The 1940s, a decade of success and sadness -- The 1950s bring changes and new competition -- A brief look at what happened next.
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