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Twin Cities picture show : a century of moviegoing

"Twin Cities Picture Show offers a fascinating trip through cinematic history, beginning with the first movie showing at the Bijou Opera House in Minneapolis on a sweltering August day in 1896. The film's captivating life-like scenes wowed the audience, marking the genesis of a great Minnesota pastime that, by 1911, drew a quarter-million customers to metro neighborhood theaters each week."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2007
Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul, ©2007
History
xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780873515955, 0873515951
137325240
Feature Presentationsviii
Prefaceix
Acknowledgmentsxiii
Humble Beginnings
3(30)
Age of Elegance
33(38)
Streamlined
71(36)
Desperate Measures
107(36)
Fall from Grace
143(36)
Renaissance
179(38)
Appendix217(15)
Notes232(10)
Selected Bibliography242(3)
Index245