The celluloid circus : the heyday of the New Zealand picture theatre, 1925-1970 /
Wayne Brittenden.
- 304 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
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.