- Collection:
- Rylander Theatre Special Collections
- Title:
- Rylander Theatre programs September 12th through September 17th, 1927
- Creator:
- Rylander Theatre (Americus, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1927-09
- Subject:
- Americus (Ga.)--History
Rylander Theatre (Americus, Ga.)
Theaters--Georgia--Americus
Motion picture film--History
Animated films--History
Theater programs--Georgia--Americus
Resurrection (Motion picture : 1927)
A Million Bid (Motion picture : 1927)
Long Pants (Motion picture : 1927)
White God (Motion picture : 1927)
Nevada (Motion picture : 1927) - People:
- Gortatowsky, Joel, 1901-1966
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269
- Medium:
- motion picture theater programs
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Program for the movies shown during the week of September 12th through September 17th 1927 at the Rylander Theatre. The program shows that cartoons or segments from serial films were shown along with the main features. Beginning during the Great Depression, it became common for neighborhood theatres to screen a variety of programs that would consist of trailers, newsreels, cartoons, or short films, along with low-budget second features ("B movies") and then the high-budget main features ( "A" movies). This kind of programming was due in part to "block booking," where major Hollywood studios required theaters to buy lower-quality B-movies along with the more desirable A-movies. "Block booking" was deemed illegal in 1948 (in the Supreme Court case United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.), though the practice of providing multiple features in movie theatres continued well until the late 1960s. Many repertory theaters continue to show two films back-to-back. These events were promoted by Joel Gortatowsky (1901-1966), the manager of the Rylander Theatre.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ryl_rtsc_rtsc05
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ryl_rtsc_rtsc05#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ryl_rtsc_rtsc05/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Rylander Theatre (Americus, Ga.)
- Rights:
-
