Motion Picture Exhibition in Washington, D.C. An Illustrated History of Parlors, Palaces and Multiplexes in the Metropolitan Area, 1894–1997 by Robert Headley was a finalist in the 1999 Theatre Library Association Award.
From inauspicious beginnings in the kinetoscope parlors and nickelodeons to the movie palaces of the golden era, and finally to the pared down multiplexes of today, this is the history of motion picture viewing in the nation’s capital and vicinity. The research is supported by numerous interviews. The book includes a 200-page listing of all the movie theaters in the area past and present, with data such
as location, dates of operation, architect, and seating capacity, as well as a summary of each theater’s history and current status. Maps, drawings and photographs (most of which have never before been published) round out this comprehensive study.
This publication is available through McFarland and Company Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, England Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640
ISBN: 0-7864-0544-9 408pp. 99 photographs, maps, diagrams, drawings,index
$55 illustrated case binding (7 x 10) 1999
Loew's Palace in 1944 1306 F Street, N.W.; 1918-1978
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