(c. 718–1492). These conflicts created intense local and regional hardship, as the roving brigands thatconstitutedthe military typically commandeered whatever they wanted from the civilian population. In the theaters of war, troops were more or less free to take over private homes and to ...
Nevertheless, exhibition outlets continued to grow, with new “megaplex” theaters offering several dozen cinemas, while distribution strategies called for opening major commercial films on 1,000 or more—sometimes as many as 3,000 by the late 1990s—screens across the country. The competition for ...
—Laura Kipnis, Bound and Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in AmericaThe forty years between 1960 and 2000 were among the most tumultuous decades in the history of gay male sexuality. For many gay men who came out in the period after the Stonewall riots in New York in 1969...
Westerns, much like film noirs, allowed repressed audiences to feel alive at the movie theater. Remember: Hollywood films were censored during the Golden Age, which meant you couldn’t find graphic violence or pornography at the theaters. So, audiences took what they could get – which was usu...
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the adult industry was a big factor. The introduction of VCRs into homes proved to be a golden age for porn companies, as consumers didn’t have to be seen going into seedy theaters or struggle with 8mm short films. Adult studios chose VHS as their delivery method of choice,...
The Western Cordillera is part of a mountain chain that stretches from Chile in South America to Alaska. The highest peak in the country, Mount McKinley (Denali), is in the Western Cordillera in Alaska. The Western Intermontane Plateau, or Great Basin, crosses from the mountain states into ...
You look at the sweep of cinema, film history, segregation, movies that were only shown in segregated theaters, and the rise of people like Eartha Kitt, Paul Robeson, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Spike Lee. And then you move into battles on the streets like the March on Washington...
Atmospheric Theaters – When The Theater Was Part Of The Show July 13, 2014 In the United States the period of the ornate Movie Palaces lasted from around 1915 to the 1940’s. In that short period thousands of ornate theaters were built all over the country. Of the several genres of arch...
Looking back at the history of tie-ins, it’s surprising how many long-standing fast food items that people still eat today originated as movie promotions — often for films that have largely been forgotten to time. The 1998 animated movieSmall Soldierswas a flop in theaters and is today ba...