Bethesda Theatre
National Register Nomination
Bibliography
9. Bibliography
“Boro Theatre Opens Thursday,” Bethesda-Chevy Chase Tribune, May 17, 1938, B1-B6.
Gomery, Douglas, “A Movie-Going Capital: Washington, D.C., in the History of Movie Presentation,” Washington History 9, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 1997): 5-23.
Hall, Ben M., The Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace (New York: Bramhall House, 1961).
“John Eberson,” Theater Catalog (Philadelphia: Jay Emanuel Publications, 1949): 3.
Longstreth, Richard, “The Neighborhood Shopping Center in Washington, D.C., 1930-1941,” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 51, no.1 (March 1992): 5-34.
Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces: The Architecture of Fantasy (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981).
Offutt, William, Bethesda: A Social History of the Area Through World War Two (Bethesda: The Innovation Game, 1995)
Sharp, Dennis, The Picture Palace (London and New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969).
Sidney Lust File, Washingtoniana Division, Martin Luther King Library, Washington, D.C.
Walston, Mark, “The Commercial Rise and Fall of Silver Spring: A Study of the 20th Century Development of the Suburban Shopping Center in Montgomery County,” Maryland Historical Magazine 81, no. 4 (Winter 1986): 330-339.
Wood, Kathleen Sinclair, “Cleveland Park: Country Living in the City,” in Kathryn Schneider Smith, ed., Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods in the Nation’s Capital (Northridge, Ca.: Windsor Publication, 1988), 203-13.
Anyone interested in this matter, especially Montgomery County residents, should contact Linda Lyons, co-chair of ADSW's preservation committee, about supporting ADSW's position and helping with the work of the committee.
Created November 5, 1998