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Auction History Result 6t0060 LOT OF 3 THEATRE CATALOG 1941-47 HARDCOVER BOOKS 1941-1947 great images & information! Date Sold 12/8/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. a lot of 3 Theatre Catalog hardcover books from 1941, 1945, and 1946-1947. The Theatre Catalog, the series of books published by Jay Emanuel between 1940 and 1956 (at least), and each was a movie theater reference manual with information and advertisements from all facets of the movie theater business including management, interior, exterior, sound, projection, and even air conditioning! It appears that this book was marketed to people who were first entering the movie business, and was a "how to" book on all the latest things available to those who owned movie theaters, and it was surely an invaluable tool to anyone getting started in the movie business. The book also features many black & white images from theaters in the 1940s including The Apex Theatre, the Beach Theatre, and the Village Theatre as well as many others. Note that this book is incredibly similar to the American "Film Daily Yearbooks" or "Motion Picture Almanac", except that it is quite a bit larger (length and width), and we have never ever seen even one of these books before! Note that this series of books began in 1940, and that first book was "Volume I", and it was published annually after that, with each one noted as "Volume II", "Volume III", etc. Obviously, World War II might have interfered with the publishing of these books, and we know that at some point they changed from being named for one year to named for two years ("1948-49", etc). We were consigned a collection of these that included volumes as late as 1955-56, so we know it was at least published through that year. The volumes in the 1950s include much information about drive-ins! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. We do not provide a list of these items, but there are several images of all of them. Measurements: 9 1/2" x 12"Condition: very good. The 1941 volume has wear around the edges and one of the interior fold-out pages has tears. The other two volumes are in nice condition. Learn More about condition grades Titles included:
             
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