Title & Author:

Movie palace masterpiece : saving Syracuse's Loew's State/Landmark Theatre / Alfred Balk, editor.

Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Landmark Theatre Foundation : Distributed by Syracuse University Press, 1998.

Description:

78 pages : illustrations, some color ; 27 cm

Series:

Landmark heritage series

Notes:
'Theatertown': 'little Broadway' before its masterpiece -- 'Founding father' Loew: MGM's -- and Loew's State's -- godfather -- Creative genius Lamb: 'pioneer' and 'foremost' at the ready -- Announcing a masterpiece: downtown's 'biggest deal yet' -- Blueprinting a masterpiece: Lamb's grand plan in drawings -- Constructing a masterpiece: photos of a work Loew never saw -- Marketing a masterpiece: brochure to an attached 'office tower' -- Describing a masterpiece: Lamb's own philosophy of theater design -- Photographing a masterpiece: more than 30 color photos, plus ... -- Debut of a masterpiece: 1928's gala opening -- Silents, 'talkies, ' stage shows: the 'mighty Wurlitzer," sound, and vaudeville -- Stars, stars, stars: stage, screen, even early TV celebrities -- The golden years: Depression through wartime: 'another world'.
(Continued) The music changes: TV and handwriting on malls', suburban walls -- Mounting a rescue: downtown's 'last picture show, ' doomed? -- Staying the course: enthusiasm evolves into determination -- Scenting success: money maneuvers, national landmarking -- One step away: agreement: with a catch-22? -- Volunteers plunge: volunteerpower at work -- 'The Landmark miracle': 'grantpower' to the rescue -- The Landmark challenge: the operating and restoration marathon -- Again and always, volunteers: survival's indispensable ingredient -- Anniversaries, anniversaries: years pass, galas unfold -- Events, events, events: Blues to ballet and more -- Stars who have graced its stage: Benny, Pavarotti, Seinfeld et al. -- The Landmark's fame: world class, world recognition.

ISBN:

0815681232
9780815681236

Subject:

Lamb, Thos. W. (Thomas White), 1871-1942.
Loew's State Theatre (Syracuse, N.Y.) History.
Loew's State Theatre (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Motion picture theaters New York (State) Syracuse History.
Historic buildings New York (State) Syracuse.
Buildings.
Historic buildings.
Motion picture theaters.
Syracuse (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (State) Syracuse.

Form/genre:

Interviews.
History.

Added entries:

Balk, Alfred.
Landmark heritage series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214310
Call No.: NA44.L218.25 L6 1998
Status: Available