Cinema and Cinema-Going in Scotland, 1896-1950

AvTrevor Griffiths,University of Edinburgh) Griffiths, Trevor (Reader in Economic and Social History

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen?This is the first scholarly work to document the cinema habits of early twentieth-century Scots, exploring the growth of early cinema-going and integrating the study of cinema into wider debates in social and economic history. The author draws extensively on archival resources concerning the cinema as a business, on documentation kept by cinema managers, and on the diaries and recollections of cinema-goers. He considers patterns of cinema-going and attendance levels, as well as changes in audience preferences for different genres, stars or national origins of films. The thematic chapters broaden out the discussion of cinema-going to consider the wider social and cultural impact of this early form of mass leisure. Trevor Griffiths’ book is a major contribution to the growing body of work on the history and significance of British filmKey FeaturesFirst major study of early Scottish filmNew archives and researchFascinating diary entriesEarly cinema as businessImportant addition to Scottish film studies Key words: cinema, Scotland, history, cinema-going, society, films, Scottish

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-07-23
Mått:156 x 234 x 30 mm
Vikt:693 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9780748638284

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Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Film inom Kultur

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Trevor Griffiths is Reader in Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh. Educated at the University of Oxford, he has carried out research on working-class society in Britain in the early twentieth century, before turning more recently to examine aspects of popular culture. He was Co-Investigator on the three-year AHRC research project, ‘Early Scottish Cinema, 1896-1927’.

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This is an excellent book. It provides fascinating evidence of the peculiarities of national cinema, while revealing how cinema managers and their audiences could exert considerable agency in the leisure process. Most of all, it reveals how fruitful the localised study of cinema can be for historians.

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Introduction; 1. From Variety Hall to Picture House: The Emergence of Scottish Cinema to 1914; 2. Regulating Scottish Cinema: Censorship and the Child Audience; 3. Through War and Peace: The Changing Fortunes of Scottish Silent Cinema, 1914-29; 4. A Seven-Day Wonder?: Cinema and the Scottish Sabbath; 5. An Essential Social Habit: Cinema-going in the early sound era, c.1927-39; 6. Beyond the Dream Palace: The Role of Non-Commercial Cinema in Scotland; 7. To the Summit and Beyond: Cinema-Going in the 1940s; 8. A Flickering Image: Scottish Film Production; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.

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