The Michigan Theater : : Ann Arbor's Home for Fine Film and the Performing Arts Since 1928
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Call Number: 977.435 Al, R 977.435 Al, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / Michigan / Aldridge, Henry B.
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"From it's debut as a grand movie palace at the dawn of 'talking pictures' to it's place today as Ann Arbor's celebrated home for film and live presentations, the Michigan Theater has been a showplace for the shifting tastes and emerging technologies that over the decades reshaped the American entertainment industry-and the American landscape. In Ann Arbor and the rest of the nation, the growth of the suburbs and the decline of downtown as a leisure destination also recast the fortunes of historic theaters. But here, too, is the story of a triumph of civic activism-how a group of theater organ enthusiasts galvanized a community to preserve their beloved Barton organ and the theater that housed it. With the support of a wise and effective mayor and a generous philanthropist, their efforts kept the theater from being demolished and turned into a food court and led to it's glorious restoration, making it's transformation into a vibrant performing arts center. This inspiring story is told here by Henry Aldridge, a professor of Film Studies at Eastern Michigan University, and Executive Director Russ Collins, under whose leadership the Michigan Theater has secured it's place as Ann Arbor's home for fine film and the performing arts." -- back cover.
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PUBLISHED
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Michigan Theater Foundation, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 230 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780989731126
9780989731102
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Collins, Russell.
SUBJECTS
Motion picture theaters -- Ann Arbor.
Centers for the performing arts -- Ann Arbor.
Ann Arbor (Mich.)