The movie industry's transformation over the past century, from humble beginnings in penny arcades and nickelodeons to grand studios-built palaces, has been shaped by challenges from television, urban decline, multiplexes, and the rise of cell-phone cinema.
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
A century-long odyssey of cinematic evolution, tracing the transformation from humble beginnings in penny arcades and nickelodeons to the grandeur of movie palaces, and the subsequent struggles against television and cell-phone cinema.