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• Motion Picture Paradise

  a History of Florida's Film and Television Industry

  Morton, David D.,

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  Highlighting Florida's essential, often overlooked role in shaping American film and television Motion Picture Paradise is a sweeping story of filmmaking in Florida, featuring the activities of studios and filmmakers across the peninsula by looking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Featuring Florida

  the Sunshine State in Fiction, Film & TV

  Neile, Caren S.

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  Author Caren Schnur Neile offers a whole new way to explore Florida. Dexter, Key Largo, The Yearling--all famous works of popular culture created by masters in their fields. What's more, all three take place in Florida. This plunge into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First Hollywood

  Florida and the Golden Age of Silent Filmmaking

  Bean, Shawn C.

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  Jacksonville, Florida, was the center of the infant film industry. Devastated by fire in 1901, rebuilt in a wide variety of architectural styles, sharing the same geographic and meteorological DNA as southern California, the city was an ideal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Florida on Film

  the Essential Guide to Sunshine State Cinema & Locations

  Doll, Susan, 1954-

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  From the camp horror classic The Creature from the Black Lagoon to Scarface, many films have indelible connections to Florida. This guide to Florida cinema and locations reveals that the Sunshine State has been an integral part not only of America’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Florida Soul

  From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band

  Capouya, John, 1956-

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  When recalling the roots of soul music, most people are likely to name Memphis, Detroit, New Orleans, Muscle Shoals, or Macon. But Florida also has a rich soul music history, an important cultural legacy that has often gone unrecognized. Florida…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Florida's Famous & Forgotten, An Illustrated History

  History of Florida's Rock, Soul & Dance Music, the First 30 Years 1955-1985

  Curtis, Kurt

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  Think back to those teenage years, when everyone looked forward to Friday night dances, hanging out with friends, and listening to the latest 45s recorded by popular singers and spun by favorite DJs. As the years pass, itʼs harder to remember the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A History of Music & Dance in Florida, 1565-1865

  Housewright, Wiley L., 1913-

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  When the Spanish and French arrived in Florida, they were greeted with music and dance performed by Timucuan instrumentalists, Calusa choruses, and Apalachee dancers. Through the following three centuries, music by Native Americans, European…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ringling

  the Florida Years, 1911-1936

  Weeks, David Chapin

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  John Nicholas Ringling's years in Sarasota spanned the final quarter-century of his life. On Florida's west coast, as the Ringling's Circus became "the greatest show on earth," he collected Baroque paintings, European decorative art, and Italian…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sarasota's Asolo

  a History of the State Theatre of Florida

  Wallace, Brad,

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  In the Sarasota summer heat of 1960, Florida State University students began an acting company that is now known as the Asolo Repertory Theatre. Performances were held in the Historic Asolo Theater, relocated from its home in Italy in 1950. Over the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sunshine in the Dark

  Florida in the Movies

  Fernández, Susan J., 1946-

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  Florida has been the location and subject of hundreds of feature films, from Cocoanuts (1929) to Monster (2004) . Portraying the state and its people from the silent era to the present, these films have explored the multitude of Florida images and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tampa Theatre

  a Century of Stories

  Huse, Andrew T.

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  Opulent and nostalgic, Tampa Theatre is one of the most magnificent movie palaces of the early twentieth century. On the 100th anniversary of this iconic building, Tampa Theatre: A Century of Stories chronicles its complete history for the first…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Three Ringling Circus

  a History of Sarasota, Florida, and the Famous Ringling Brothers

  Gurvis, Sandra,

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  Sarasota would not be what it is today without the influence of the Ringling family, particularly John and Mable Ringling and John’s brother Charles. Unlike some other entertainers of the era, the Ringling family saw their enterprise as a business…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Towers in the Sand

  the History of Florida Broadcasting

  Colee, Donn R., Jr,

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  Broadcasting touches almost every person in the United States every day. But like the air we breathe, we seldom give it a second thought. Towers in the Sand is the only comprehensive history of Florida's broadcasting industry (1922-2016), the people…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• WDAE

  Florida's Pioneer Radio Station

  Dunn, Hampton

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  This is a fascinating and historically significant book, WDAE: Florida's Pioneer Radio Station by Hampton Dunn. Dunn, a longtime journalist and broadcaster intimately connected to WDAE, offers an unparalleled look into the station's first 50 years. …Read moreRead more of this annotation