Kim R. Holston is a staff librarian in the multimedia department of Chester County Library, Exton, Pennsylvania where he assists the public seeking recommendations on motion pictures, audiobooks, eBooks, and music CDs. He has written or cowritten several books for McFarland.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiPrefaceOverture1. Parallel Distribution Systems2. All Seats Reserved3. The Talkies and Pre-War Era4. Entr’acte: The War Years Lull5. Roadshows Return6. Escalation7. The Golden Age8. The Final CurtainExit Music: The Legacy, LiterallyAppendicesdeleteA. AnomaliesdeleteB. Roadshows Released in the U.S., by YeardeleteC. Roadshow Casts, Credits and AwardsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“a thorough, fascinating study of an area of motion picture distribution and exhibition that is unusual, archaic, and a part of cultural history. Highly recommended.”—Examiner.com; “valuable, highly readable...a vital and informative volume”—Cinema Retro.

Kim R. Holston is a staff librarian in the multimedia department of Chester County Library, Exton, Pennsylvania where he assists the public seeking recommendations on motion pictures, audiobooks, eBooks, and music CDs. He has written or cowritten several books for McFarland.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiPrefaceOverture1. Parallel Distribution Systems2. All Seats Reserved3. The Talkies and Pre-War Era4. Entr’acte: The War Years Lull5. Roadshows Return6. Escalation7. The Golden Age8. The Final CurtainExit Music: The Legacy, LiterallyAppendicesdeleteA. AnomaliesdeleteB. Roadshows Released in the U.S., by YeardeleteC. Roadshow Casts, Credits and AwardsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“a thorough, fascinating study of an area of motion picture distribution and exhibition that is unusual, archaic, and a part of cultural history. Highly recommended.”—Examiner.com; “valuable, highly readable...a vital and informative volume”—Cinema Retro.

Kim R. Holston is a staff librarian in the multimedia department of Chester County Library, Exton, Pennsylvania where he assists the public seeking recommendations on motion pictures, audiobooks, eBooks, and music CDs. He has written or cowritten several books for McFarland.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiPrefaceOverture1. Parallel Distribution Systems2. All Seats Reserved3. The Talkies and Pre-War Era4. Entr’acte: The War Years Lull5. Roadshows Return6. Escalation7. The Golden Age8. The Final CurtainExit Music: The Legacy, LiterallyAppendicesdeleteA. AnomaliesdeleteB. Roadshows Released in the U.S., by YeardeleteC. Roadshow Casts, Credits and AwardsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“a thorough, fascinating study of an area of motion picture distribution and exhibition that is unusual, archaic, and a part of cultural history. Highly recommended.”—Examiner.com; “valuable, highly readable...a vital and informative volume”—Cinema Retro.