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04916aam a2200517 i 4500 001 FAB213583D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230818010103 008 230228s2023 tnuab b 001 0beng 010 $a 2023006217 020 $a 162190802X 020 $a 9781621908029 035 $a (OCoLC)1358748302 040 $a LBSOR $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1998.3.T486 $b W66 2023 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20230411 100 1 $a Wong, Kathi Clark, $d 1955- $e author. 245 10 $a Nickelodeons and Black vaudeville : $b the forgotten story of Amanda Thorp / $c Kathi Clark Wong. 264 1 $a Knoxville : $b The University of Tennessee Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xiii, 226 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Amanda Thorp was a theater entrepreneur influential in bringing Black vaudeville and early movie theaters to Richmond, Virginia, and more widely to the southeastern US. Thorp, a White woman, opened theaters and nickelodeons exclusively for Black patrons during a period of entrenched segregation and outright opposition to Black patronage in the South. And though Thorp's mission was not expressly philanthropic, she nonetheless expanded access to early movies when demand for the silver screen had just begun to rival the theater business. Wong sheds light on Thorp's early life in Ohio, her travel to a culturally nascent Richmond, and her remarkable contributions to theater culture in the South"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "In an era of online streaming, it may be difficult to recognize the importance of a woman who in 1908 established the first silent movie theater in Richmond, Virginia: the Dixie nickelodeon. But Amanda Thorp, an independent, self-made woman, was on the ground floor of a popular culture that would grow to be enormously influential in our modern era. In Nickelodeons and Black Vaudeville: The Forgotten Story of Amanda Thorp, Kathi Clark Wong's extensive archival research uncovers Thorp's impressive contributions not only to moviegoing and its growth in America, but also perhaps even more surprisingly, Thorp's support of early Black vaudeville in the Jim Crow South. Movie theater entrepreneurs like Thorp, who got her start at her Wonderland Theater in Bucyrus, Ohio, helped create our culture's insatiable appetite for film. But it was after she established the Dixie in Richmond, that Thorp-a White woman-also saw a market for providing Black-centric entertainment. She converted the Dixie to all-Black patronage and began to bring in scores of Black vaudeville acts. Later, she built the Hippodrome Theater, in the heart of Richmond's now-historic Jackson Ward, expressly for Black entertainment. Though she eventually left the field of Black entertainment behind, Thorp developed other movie venues in Richmond that brought in tens of thousands of (White) moviegoers over the years and which were widely admired for their elaborate trappings. Thanks to Wong's research, contemporary readers can now benefit from the story of Amanda Thorp, a woman who amidst severe gender role constraints not only claimed social capacity on the crest of a rapidly growing industry but also, almost inadvertently, contributed to the success of early Black vaudeville, a subject which thus far has not received the scholarly attention it deserves"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a It's okay for a girl to be smart -- Meet me at the Wonderland -- The best place she could find -- The cost of success -- Black vaudeville at the Hippodrome -- Life happens -- The theater beautiful. 600 10 $a Thorp, Amanda, $d 1863-1927. 650 0 $a Motion picture theater owners $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Businesswomen $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Motion picture industry $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Vaudeville $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a African American theater $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a History. 650 7 $a African American theater. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799418 650 7 $a Businesswomen. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00843013 650 7 $a Motion picture industry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027150 650 7 $a Motion picture theater owners. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01748315 650 7 $a Vaudeville. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01164609 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Wong, Kathi Clark, 1955- $t Nickelodeons and Black vaudeville $d Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023] $z 9781621908036 $w (DLC) 2023006218 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117011510.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FAB213583D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search