The Rowland story beauty from ashes, the life of the Rowland Theatre and Charles Rowland
All stories have a beginning. For the Rowland Theatre in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, the screenplay began with a fire, an idea and the opening in 1917 of the 1,000-seat playhouse. The Rowland Story is a story of perseverance and survival for a small-town theatre that reached its 100th anniversary in...
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[Philipsburg, PA] :
Rowland Theatre Inc.,
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| 100 | 1 | |a Inlow, Rebecca, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Rowland story : |b beauty from ashes, the life of the Rowland Theatre and Charles Rowland / |c Rebecca Inlow ; [book layout by Suzanne Reynolds]. |
| 264 | 1 | |a [Philipsburg, PA] : |b Rowland Theatre Inc., |c [2018]. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2018 | |
| 300 | |a iv, 166, 47 unnumbered pages of plates, 8 unnumbered pages : |b illustrations ; |c 32 cm. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Signed by the author. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (page [214]) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Act one: |g A drive to Philipsburg -- |g Scene one: The Observer -- |g Scene two: The tour. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Act two: |g The story begins -- |g Scene one: Dec. 30, 1910 -- |g Scene two: Setting the stage -- |g Scene three: Designs and concrete. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Act three: |g The next 9 months -- |g Scene one: Of war and (not a lot of) peace -- |g Scene two: The summer of 1917 -- |g Scene three: Of deserts, camels and summer's end. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Cast of characters: |g Charles Hedding Rowland -- |g The Houtzdale years -- |g The central city -- |g A new hometown -- |g The final station. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Cast of characters: |g Supporting actors. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Through the years: |g Into the roaring Twenties -- |g New management -- |g The Graffius years -- |g The Rowland reaches its half-century mark -- |g The cross, the switchblade and the Rowland Theatre -- |g Changes ahead -- |g For sale: The Rowland Theatre -- |g Sold! -- |g A short-lived reprieve -- |g A new owner -- |g Philipsburg owns a theatre -- |g The Rowland Theatre today -- |g A former president comes to Philipsburg -- |g The digital decade -- |g Centennial Project: linking the past and the future. | |
| 520 | 0 | |a All stories have a beginning. For the Rowland Theatre in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, the screenplay began with a fire, an idea and the opening in 1917 of the 1,000-seat playhouse. The Rowland Story is a story of perseverance and survival for a small-town theatre that reached its 100th anniversary in 2017. The tale of how it got to the centennial is filled with highs and lows. From silent films to talkies, through two World Wars and the turbulent decades of the Sixties and Seventies and beyond, the theatre is a testament to a community that would not let it die. The Rowland Story also takes the reader on a journey throughout the latter half of the 19th century in a land of coal mines and railroads, where a young man named Charles Rowland got his start. A member of the U.S. House of Representatives, a business entrepreneur, a family man and, most of all, a benefactor to all who asked, Charles Rowland embodied the life of a selfless man. The Rowland Theatre is his lasting legacy. The Rowland Story shares more than a century of photos and details about the life of the theatre and the man behind the name. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Rowland, Charles Hedding, |d 1860-1921 |v Biography. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Theaters |z Pennsylvania |z Philipsburg |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Philipsburg (Pa.) |x Theaters |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Centre County (Pa.) |x History. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Local author. | |
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