Cinemas And Cinema Going In The United Kingdom

Author : Sam Manning
Publisher : University of London Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781912702367

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Cinemas and Cinema-Going in the United Kingdom: Decades of Decline, 1945–65 by Sam Manning Pdf

Cinema-going was the most popular commercial leisure activity in the first half of the twentieth century, peaking in 1946 with 1.6 billion recorded admissions. Though ‘going to the pictures’ remained a popular pastime, the transition to peacetime altered citizens’ leisure habits. During the 1950s increased affluence, the growth of television ownership and the diversification of leisure led to rapid declines in attendance. Cinema attendances fell in all regions, but the speed, nature and extent of decline varied widely across the United Kingdom. By linking national developments to detailed case studies of Belfast and Sheffield, this book adds nuance to our understanding of regional variations in film exhibition, audience habits and cinema-going experiences during a period of profound social and cultural change. Drawing on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative sources, Cinema and Cinema-Going conveys the diverse nature of this important industry, and the significance of place as a determinant of film attendance in post-war Britain.

Author : Sam Manning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1286317022

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Cinemas and Cinema-Going in the United Kingdom by Sam Manning Pdf

Cinema-going was the most popular commercial leisure activity in the first half of the twentieth century, peaking in 1946 with 1.6 billion recorded admissions. Though 'going to the pictures' remained a popular pastime, the transition to peacetime altered citizens' leisure habits. During the 1950s increased affluence, the growth of television ownership and the diversification of leisure led to rapid declines in attendance. Cinema attendances fell in all regions, but the speed, nature and extent of decline varied widely across the United Kingdom. By linking national developments to detailed case studies of Belfast and Sheffield, this book adds nuance to our understanding of regional variations in film exhibition, audience habits and cinema-going experiences during a period of profound social and cultural change. Drawing on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative sources, Cinema and Cinema-Going conveys the diverse nature of this important industry, and the significance of place as a determinant of film attendance in post-war Britain.

Author : Sarah Street
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134917877

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British National Cinema by Sarah Street Pdf

The first substantial overview of the British film industry with emphasis on its genres, stars, and socioeconomic context, British National Cinema by Sarah Street is an important title in Routledge's new National Cinemas series. British National Cinema synthesizes years of scholarship on British film while incorporating the author' fresh perspective and research. Street divides the study of British cinema into four sections: the relation between the film industry and government; specific film genres; movie stars; and experimental cinema. In addition, this beautifully illustrated volume includes over thirty stills from every sphere of British cinema. British National Cinema will be of great interest to film students and theorists as well as the general reader interested in the fascinating scope of British film.

Author : Sue Harper,Vincent Porter
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780191541643

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British Cinema of the 1950s by Sue Harper,Vincent Porter Pdf

In this definitive and long-awaited history of 1950s British cinema, Sue Harper and Vincent Porter draw extensively on previously unknown archive material to chart the growing rejection of post-war deference by both film-makers and cinema audiences. Competition from television and successive changes in government policy all forced the production industry to become more market-sensitive. The films produced by Rank and Ealing, many of which harked back to wartime structures of feeling, were challenged by those backed by Anglo-Amalgamated and Hammer. The latter knew how to address the rebellious feelings and growing sexual discontents of a new generation of consumers. Even the British Board of Film Censors had to adopt a more liberal attitude. The collapse of the studio system also meant that the screenwriters and the art directors had to cede creative control to a new generation of independent producers and film directors. Harper and Porter explore the effects of these social, cultural, industrial, and economic changes on 1950s British cinema.

Author : Pierre Sorlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134934195

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European Cinemas, European Societies by Pierre Sorlin Pdf

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Richard Farmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : 0719091888

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Cinemas and Cinemagoing in Wartime Britain, 1939 -45 by Richard Farmer Pdf

During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak. 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.

Author : Bryony Kimmings,Brian Lobel,Tom Parkinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-19
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781786820617

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A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer by Bryony Kimmings,Brian Lobel,Tom Parkinson Pdf

An all-singing, all-dancing celebration of ordinary life and death. Single mum Emma confronts the highs and lows of life with a cancer diagnosis; that of her son and of the real people she encounters in the daily hospital grind. Groundbreaking performance artist Bryony Kimmings creates fearless theatre to provoke social change, looking behind the poster campaigns and pink ribbons at the experience of serious illness.

Author : Robert Murphy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015054449163

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The British Cinema Book by Robert Murphy Pdf

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Author : Richard Stone,D. A. Rowe
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Consumers
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Measurement of Consumer's Expenditure and Behaviour in the United Kingdom by Richard Stone,D. A. Rowe Pdf

Author : Richard Wallace,Jon Burrows
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780861969838

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Reel Change by Richard Wallace,Jon Burrows Pdf

Ten years ago, a technological revolution swept through cinemas around the world, as analogue projectors were replaced with digital equipment. It was not just the plastic medium of film that was removed from projection boxes during this transformation; most cinemas took this opportunity to also evict the human projectionists who were hitherto in charge of screenings. Projectionists had been hidden from the sight of audiences for most of the history of photographic moving image projection, and their redundancies went largely unnoticed and unremarked upon. This book focuses attention on what has been happening behind film spectators' heads for the past 130 years, and attempts to write the history of cinema in Britain from the perspective of its habitually overlooked and undervalued projectionists, beginning in the silent era and continuing to the present day. Drawing upon extensive archival research and lengthy interviews with former projectionists, it documents the key facets and challenges of their work, and how these evolved in response to previous waves of significant technological change. It evaluates how projectionists helped to design and maintain key aesthetic characteristics of the 20th century big screen experience. It shows how the institution of cinema in Britain has been historically underpinned by the harsh exploitation of projectionists by many employers, detailing inadequate wage levels and poor working conditions that formerly provoked government investigation, and explaining why these problems were never successfully ameliorated by trade unions. It also charts in depth the recent fateful transition to digital projection, delineating how and why projectionists were so swiftly and ruthlessly consigned to the past, and assessing whether this form of entertainment should be considered diminished by their super session.

Author : James Burns
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137308023

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Cinema and Society in the British Empire, 1895-1940 by James Burns Pdf

By 1940 going to the movies was the most popular form of public leisure in Britain's empire. This book explores the social and cultural impact of the movies in colonial societies in the early cinema age.

Author : Christine Wilkinson,Margaret Hanson
Publisher : Tempus Pub Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0752430807

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Birmingham Cinemas by Christine Wilkinson,Margaret Hanson Pdf

Through the medium of old photographs and archive ephemera this book provides a fascinating look at the history cinema-going in the city of Birmingham, from its early beginning as a fairground attraction right up to the present day and the giant multiplex cinema. The reader is taken on a tour of movie houses and auditoriums around the city, including the Kingstanding Odeon, Curzon Hall, Winson Green Picture House and the Appollo in Erdington.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Communications
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0108459292

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The British film and television industries by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Communications Pdf

This is the first report from the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications of the 2009-10 session (HLP 37-I, ISBN 9780108459290) and examines "The British film and television industries - decline or opportunity?". The report looks at how these industries have developed, the challenges they are currently facing and what practical help might be provided to enable them to develop further. The film and television industries make an important contribution to the British economy. They contribute to national income and employment, and make a net contribution to exports, which has the capacity to grow. Despite the competition from abroad, particularly the US, UK-produced content on film and television has a strong international reputation and makes a major contribution to the entertainment and education of British audiences. The publication is divided into 6 chapters and looks in detail at the following areas: Chapter 1: The British film industry; Chapter 2: A better future for British films; Chapter 3: British television; Chapter 4: Promoting British television; Chapter 5: Skills and training. With Chapter 6 setting out recommendations, including, in respect of television: that the Government should urge public service broadcasters to revive their investment in training; encourage the expansion of online video on demand; promote greater production of UK TV content by a tax credit or through the use of the proceeds of spectrum sale and sharing part of the BBC licence fee; expand the role played by BBC Worldwide in distributing UK content overseas. Recommendations in respect of film, include: new legislation specifically targeted at making the recording of a film in a cinema by camcorder a criminal offence; provide more support to smaller films and allowing British films to be partly shot abroad without suffering a financial penalty; encourage more private investment in film production. For Vol. 2, Evidence, see (ISBN 9780108459306).

Author : Melvyn Stokes,Matthew Jones,Emma Pett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Motion pictures, British
ISBN : 1911239902

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Cinema Memories by Melvyn Stokes,Matthew Jones,Emma Pett Pdf

The 1960s was a rich decade for British cinema audiences. Alongside Hollywood films, from Westerns such as The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and The Dirty Dozen (1967) were musicals including West Side Story (1961), Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965), and epics such as The Longest Day (1962), Cleopatra (1963) and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Towards the end of the decade, a new style of filmmaking emerged, with movies such as The Graduate (1967), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Easy Rider (1969). Although the total number of screens in the UK declined from over 3,000 in 1960 to little more than half this by the end of the decade, British cinema itself remained buoyant. The decade saw the release of many so-called 'kitchen sink' dramas including Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), A Taste of Honey (1961) and This Sporting Life (1963), together with the 'Swinging London' films such as Darling (1965) and Alfie (1966). It witnessed the birth of the James Bond franchise with Dr No in 1962, followed by five other 007 films by 1969. The well-established 'Carry On' franchise produced many more films: 15 in all between 1960 and 1969. British director David Lean directed the epics Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dr Zhivago (1965). Drawing on first-hand memories from over 1000 cinema-goers, Screen Memories reveals what it was like to see these and other films in British cinemas in the 1960s. The authors explore what the social experience of cinema-going was like during this decade. They consider how cinema-goers constructed meanings from the films they watched - through a complex process of negotiation between the films concerned, their own social and cultural identities, and their awareness of changes in British society. Their examination helps the reader envision what light the cultural memory of 1960s cinema-going sheds on how the Sixties in Britain is remembered and interpreted. Either, as many have argued, a period of transformative change, or, as an era marked by considerable continuity with the 1940s and 50s. Positioning their study within debates about memory, 1960s cinema, and the seemingly transformative nature of this decade of British history, the authors reflect on the methodologies deployed, the use of memories as historical sources, and the various ways in which cinema and cinema-going came to mean something to its audiences.

Author : Stuart Hanson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123394848

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From Silent Screen to Multi-Screen by Stuart Hanson Pdf

The book is the first comprehensive survey charting the development of cinema exhibition and cinema-going in Britain from the first public film screening - the Lumière Brothers' showing of their Cinématographe show at London's Regent Street Polytechnic in February 1896 - through to the development of the multiplex and megaplex cinema.