Thomas, David G.      frey50        <br/><br/>
Screen with a voice:  a history of moving pictures in Las Cruces, New Mexico /  Print 
David G. Thomas 
 - Las Cruces, NM  Doc45 Publishing  2016 
 - 180 p.  B&w photographs; Appendix A; Notes; Index  Paperback book 
 - Mesilla Valley History Series  Vol. 3 .
<br/><br/> "Cover:  Depicts the 1930 world premiere of "Billy the Kid", starring John Mack Brown as Billy, at the Rio Grande Theater in Las Cruces". Found on back cover. 
<br/><br/> There have been 21 mvoeis theaters in Las Cruces over 110 years.  All but three or four are forgotten.  They are remembered no longer. And the Airdrome Theater which opened in 1914 deserves to be known by all movie historians.  It was an automobile drive-in theater, open two decades before movie history declares the drive-in was invented.  Details of the history of movies in Las Cruces are supplemented by 102 photographs and illustrations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780692576809 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Movie theaters.--History--20th Century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Las Cruces, New Mexico--United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43789 Tho   13