Chapter Three · The Marquee Economy
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What the painted faces were really selling
The crowd bought the
poster
before it bought the
ticket
Avg. weekly admissions per title · downtown Beirut houses
11,400
Hand-painted
brush & airbrush
7,200
Photo lobby card
studio still
4,950
Typeset bill
letterpress
6,100
Imported sheet
foreign print
2,800
Marquee only
no poster
1.6× the rest
Source: Downtown cinema box-office ledgers, Beirut, 1969–1973
Marquee Reels
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