Rochester's Movie Mania

Download or read book Rochester's Movie Mania written by Donovan A. Shilling and published by Pancoast Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new entertainment form - the movies - caused a sensation when the first silent flickers hit the silver screen. Few cities, however, embraced this new medium more than Rochester, New York. And the movie mania bug bit few as hard as it did author and historian Donovan Shilling. This son of a movie theatre owner was hooked after watching his first film, and began collecting all kinds of movie memorabilia, including posters, advertisements, photos and more. He has now dipped into his collection to compile this scrapbook tracing Rochester's Movie Mania. If you like this, keep watching because he has barely scratched the surface of his collection.