Keim, Norman O. <br/><br/>
Our movie houses :  a history of film & cinematic innovation in Central New York / 
Norman O. Keim ; with David Marc. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Syracuse :  Syracuse University Press,  2008. 
 - xix, 181 p., [12] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.) ;  27 cm. 
 - Television and popular culture .
<br/><br/>Origins of American film in Central New York State -- The Nickelodeon era, 1909-1919 -- The roaring twenties : movie palaces and theater organs -- The Great Depression and the War : talkies, double features, and dish night -- End of the studio era : TV, widescreen projection, and drive-ins -- The Schine and Kallet circuits : exhibition in Central New York -- Neighborhood theaters in the city of Syracuse -- Cinema figures with links to central and upstate New York : a biographical dictionary. 
<br/><br/> Conventional screen histories tend to concentrate on New York City and Hollywood in chronicling the evolution of American cinema. Notwithstanding the tremendous contribution of both cities, Syracuse and Central New York also played a strategic - yet little-known - role in early screen history. This book details the origins of American film.   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780815608967 (hc : alk. paper) 0815608969 (hc : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--History.--New York (State)<br/>Motion picture theaters--History.--New York (State)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN 1993.5  / K27o 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>384