Trevor Griffiths

The Cinema and Cinema-Going in Scotland, 1896-1950

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Produktbeschreibung

What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen? This scholarly work intends 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.

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What thrilled our grandparents and great grandparents in cinemas across Scotland? This is the first scholarly work to document the cinema habits of early 20th-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 film. Trevor Griffiths is a senior lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh. He is co-editor of A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1800 to 1900 (Edinburgh University Press, 2010). Cover image: Premiere of Huntingtower, 1928, Regent Picture House, Renfield Street, Glasgow. Courtesy Scottish Screen Archive at National Library of Scotland. Cover design: [insert logo file] www.euppublishing.com ISBN 978-0-7486-3828-4 [please add in the white area above the barcode] Barcode

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780748638284
• ISBN-10: 0748638288
• Artikelnr.: 33214755

Autorenporträt

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'.

Inhaltsangabe

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.