CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

An Art of the Theater

1. MAKING MOVIES FIT

2. STORE THEATERS

A Radical Break

3. PALATIAL ARCHITECTURE, DEMOCRATIZED AUDIENCE

4. ELITE TASTE IN A MASS MEDIUM

5. UNCANNY THEATER

6. THE ARCHITECTURAL SCREEN

CONCLUSION

Ontological Fade-Out

Appendix 1: Stage Shows and Double Features in Select Markets Outside New York City

Appendix 2: Feature Films Based on Theatrical Sources, 1914–2011

Appendix 3: Filmography

Appendix 4: List of Theaters

Abbreviations Used for Citations in Notes

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index