- Collection:
- Rylander Theatre Special Collections
- Title:
- Rylander Theatre programs September 19th through September 24th, 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
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (Motion picture : 1927)
Hula (Motion picture : 1927)
The Sunset Derby (Motion picture : 1927)
The Notorious Lady (Motion picture : 1927)
Corporal Kate (Motion picture : 1926)
Arizona Nights (Motion picture : 1927)
Bumping Into Broadway (Motion picture : 1919)
Drama De Luxe (Motion picture : 1927)
Aesop's Fables (Animated film : 1921-1933)
There He Goes (Motion picture : 1925)
Koko the Knight (Animated film : 1927)
The Tennis Wizard (Motion picture : 1926)
Melting Millions (Motion picture : 1917) - People:
- Gortatowsky, Joel, 1901-1966
Bow, Clara, 1905-1965
Reynolds, Vera
Astor, Mary, 1906-1987
Collier, William, 1866-1944
Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937
Courtright, William, 1848-1933
Thomson, Frederick Clifton, 1890-1928
Lane, Nora
Terry, Paul, 1887-1971
Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960
Fleischer, Max, 1841-1905
Fleischer, Dave, 1894-1979
Faye, Julia, 1896-1966
Thomson, Kenneth, 1899-1967
Miller, Walter, 1892-1940
Ray, Allene, 1901-1979
Koko the Clown (Fictitious character) - 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 19th through September 24th 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_rtsc06
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ryl_rtsc_rtsc06#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ryl_rtsc_rtsc06/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Rylander Theatre (Americus, Ga.)
- Rights:
-
