Richard Farmer

Cinemas and cinemagoing in wartime Britain, 1939-45

The utility dream palace

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak. In this groundbreaking book, Richard Farmer provides a social and cultural history of cinemas and cinemagoing in Britain between 1939 and 1945, and explores the impact that the war had on the places in which British people watched films.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Popular Culture
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9780719091889
• ISBN-10: 0719091888
• Artikelnr.: 45101609

Autorenporträt

Richard Farmer is Research Associate in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of East Anglia

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Dark houses: cinemagoing in the early months of the war 2.
The Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association and the government 3. Forlorn and
bedraggled spectacles: cinemagoing in the blitz 4. On the appearance and
disappearance of staff 5. Showmanship in wartime 6. Cinemagoing in wartime
Conclusion Bibliography Index