Richard Farmer

Cinemas and cinemagoing in wartime Britain, 1939-45 (eBook, ePUB)

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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. Although promising the possibility of escape from the hardships and terrors of wartime life, the cinema was so intimately woven into the fabric of British society that it could not itself escape the war. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, and on the memories of wartime cinemagoers, Cinemagoing in wartime Britain, 1939-45 is the first book to offer an in-depth exploration of the impact that phenomena such as the black out, the blitz, food rationing, evacuation and conscription had on both the exhibition industry and the experiences of the picturegoers themselves.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784997809
• Artikelnr.: 57472019

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