The Cinema and Cinema-Going in Scotland, 1896-1950 / / Trevor Griffiths.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Griffiths, Trevor,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)

What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen?GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748685219','ISBN:9780748638284','ISBN:9780748668045']);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 film.Key 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"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 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 -- Appendix 1 Cinema Companies: Sample, 1895–1914 -- Bibliography -- Index