Tampa Theatre Oral History Collection
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Interviewer
Andy Huse, Jill Witecki, Joey Hager
Publication Date
Summer 2024
Date
2024-01-30
Abstract
Dr. Janna Jones, author, screenwriter, and professor of Creative Media and Film at Northern Arizona University, details her experience with the Tampa Theatre. She describes her journey conducting research for her book, The Southern Movie Palace: Rise, Fall, Resurrection, which highlights the historic movie palaces she visited in the South. Dr. Jones compares the Tampa Theatre to those historic theaters, illustrating their history and the types of films shown. She sheds light on segregation within these movie palaces and explores how these buildings have become cultural symbols for their respective cities.
Keywords
Tampa Theatre, historic theaters, historic theater preservation, University of South Florida, screenplay writing, film, academic dissertation, archives, segregation, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Fox Theatre, Biloxi Little Theatre, Tampa Heights, Tara Schroeder, Blondelle Gladney (1908-1996), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926-2016), Louise Downe
Extent
01:12:51; 24-page transcript
Subject: geographic
Tampa (Fla.), Detroit (Mich.), Las Vegas (Nev.)
Language
English
Media Type
Oral history
Format
Digital only
Identifier
tampa-theatre-ohp-jones-janna
Recommended Citation
Jones, Janna, "Dr. Janna Jones Oral History Interview" (2024). Tampa Theatre Oral History Collection. 26.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tampa_theatre_ohp/26
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