The celluloid circus : the heyday of the New Zealand picture theatre, 1925-1970 / Wayne Brittenden.
Material type: TextPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : Godwit, 2008Description: 304 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1869621468
- 9781869621469
- 725.8230993 22
- PN1993.5.N43 B75 2008
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 725.8230993 BRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A441089B |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Long before DVDs, long before plasma screen TVs and home theatres, New Zealanders went out to escape and be entertained. In an often stuffily suburban little country at the bottom of the world, the local picture theatres were their places of dreams, where they went to see Garbo and Gable, Monroe and Hayworth.
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