Historic Dallas Theatres
Title | Historic Dallas Theatres PDF eBook |
Author | D. Troy Sherrod |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1467131288 |
Dallas was the show business capital of Texas and much of the South throughout the 20th century. More than 100 theatres served the city's neighborhoods, and Elm Street once boasted more than 15 vaudeville and movie theatres--second in number to Broadway. The quality of the show houses in Dallas were surpassed by few cities and all major, and most minor, Hollywood studios maintained Dallas offices. Notable names figuring in this history include Margo Jones, "Blind" Lemon Jefferson, Karl Hoblitzelle, Baruch Lumet, Bob Hope, Greer Garson, Linda Darnell, Howard Hughes, Clyde Barrow, Gene Autry, Oliver Stone, Pappy Dolson, Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald, Nicola Rescigno, Don Henley, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Historic Dallas Theatres
Title | Historic Dallas Theatres PDF eBook |
Author | D. Troy Sherrod |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2014-02-03 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 1439644845 |
Dallas was the show business capital of Texas and much of the South throughout the 20th century. More than 100 theatres served the citys neighborhoods, and Elm Street once boasted more than 15 vaudeville and movie theatressecond in number to Broadway. The quality of the show houses in Dallas were surpassed by few cities and all major, and most minor, Hollywood studios maintained Dallas offices. Notable names figuring in this history include Margo Jones, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Karl Hoblitzelle, Baruch Lumet, Bob Hope, Greer Garson, Linda Darnell, Howard Hughes, Clyde Barrow, Gene Autry, Oliver Stone, Pappy Dolson, Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald, Nicola Rescigno, Don Henley, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Street of Dreams
Title | Street of Dreams PDF eBook |
Author | Jeanette Howeth Crumpler |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 244 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Motion picture theaters |
ISBN |
A delightful remembrance of the golden age of the movies, from early 1900's to the 1970's. A nostalgic glimpse into the glittering movie houses that lined Elm Street in downtown Dallas. In addition, the history of the Wurlitzer organs in Dallas' movie theaters.
A History of the Dallas Little Theatre, 1920-1943 ...
Title | A History of the Dallas Little Theatre, 1920-1943 ... PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Edgar Hammack |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 354 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Little theater movement |
ISBN |
A History of Professional Theater in Dallas, Texas 1920-1930
Title | A History of Professional Theater in Dallas, Texas 1920-1930 PDF eBook |
Author | Jackson Davis |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 756 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Theater |
ISBN |
Dallas Little Theatre
Title | Dallas Little Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Lura Temple |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 1927 |
Genre | Little theater movement |
ISBN |
A History of the Theater
Title | A History of the Theater PDF eBook |
Author | Glynne Wickham |
Publisher | Phaidon |
Total Pages | 316 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
Outlines the development of drama throughout the world over the last 3000 years, from its origins in primitive dance rituals to the 1990s.