Movie Palaces
- ISBN-10
- 0940512254
- ISBN-13
- 9780940512252
- Category
- Motion picture theaters
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hennessey & Ingalls
- Authors
- Ave Pildas, Lucinda Smith
Description
A glorious compilation of brilliant color photographs from the golden age of the great American movie theaters. Pildas captures the spectacle and the glamour of these cinema temples, concentrating on specific design motifs such as marquees, box offices, lobbies, even the razzle-dazzle terrazzo floors. MOVIE PALACES is a vivid and detailed examination of some of America's vanishing architectural treasures.
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Other editions
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- 1982
- 120 pages
- Paperback
- Educational Facilities Laboratories Division, Academy for Educational Development
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