Ticket to Paradise: American Movie Theaters and How We Had Fun
by John Margolies, Emily Gwathmey
Ticket to Paradise examines American movie theaters as places of entertainment, gathering, and shared experience. Focusing on the spaces where people went to have fun, this book offers a broad cultural and visual look at moviegoing in the United States.
About This Book
Ticket to Paradise explores American movie theaters and the ways they shaped public entertainment.
Through the work of John Margolies and Emily Gwathmey, the book considers theaters as distinctive cultural and architectural spaces.
Its subject is the experience of going to the movies and the many forms of fun associated with it.
This title will interest readers drawn to American history, cinema, photography, and the design of entertainment venues.
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