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No building type arouses more nostalgic affection than the traditional high street cinema, not only because of the impression made by the films on the screen and the havent if offered to courting couples, but also because of its own special atomosphere of expectations, relaxation and escape, usually enhanced by the decorative surroundings. Many picture huses were unremarkable, and some had decline to uncomfortable 'fleapits' but the cinema inspired architects and designers to create some of the most extravagant and some of the most avant-garde buildings erected in the twentieth century. Around 160 surviving English examples have become listed buildings. This book examines the rise and fall of the picture house in Britain before the advent of the dreary and unadventurous multiplex.
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Hooked on films from the age of eleven, Allen Eyles, decided to make a living from his passion for cinema. He has written many film books, including careers studies of the Marx Brothers, John Wayne, Rex Harrison and others. After he obsereved the destruction of several notable cinemas, he began documenting their history and has authored books about the Gaumont, ABC and Granada circuits and is currently at work on a two-volume history of Odeon cinemas.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was slightly disappointed by this book. I had expected more - more pages, more photos and more history of a subject that I find interesting, but the book at just 32 pages is more of a fanzine than a book.
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Just a little booklet priced like a book
9 Dec 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've just paid over ten dollars for a pamphlet. Not as pictured, what you get is barely bigger than the booklet they used to put into DVDs. Amazon charges its standard 3.99 for shipping even though this thing is so light it ships first class for about a dollar. Only 32 doublesided pages means this thing can be read cover to cover in about 10 minutes. Each chapter like two or three pages, Not very well written. 54 small B&W photos. Beware.
Old Cinemas
22 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Almost like a paperback, but with good pics and intersting articles....I needed for research for a book on motion picture theates.......
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