05259nam 22007215 450 991059299140332120251009100849.09783031057700(electronic bk.)978303105769410.1007/978-3-031-05770-0(MiAaPQ)EBC7083333(Au-PeEL)EBL7083333(CKB)24814912100041(DE-He213)978-3-031-05770-0(EXLCZ)992481491210004120220909d2022 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTowards a Comparative Economic History of Cinema, 1930–1970 /edited by John Sedgwick1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2022.1 online resource (365 pages)Frontiers in Economic History,2662-978XPrint version: Sedgwick, John Towards a Comparative Economic History of Cinema, 1930-1970 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031057694 Chapter 1. Introduction: ‘Millions of People Every Day’ – Cinema as part of the quotidian of life (John Sedgwick) -- Chapter 2. Managing Risk - Key Concepts and Methods (John Sedgwick) -- Chapter 3. How did the Department of Justice Get it so Wrong? Philadelphia 1935-36: the Stanley Warner Chain, competitive practices, and consumer welfare (Andrew Hanssen) -- Chapter 4. Comparative Film Popularity in Three English Cities - Bolton, Brighton, and Portsmouth: an exercise in POPSTAT methodology (John Sedgwick) -- Chapter 5. Popular films in Stockholm during the 1930s: a presentation and discussion of the pioneering work of Leif Furhammar (John Sedgwick) -- Chapter 6. Dutch films in the Dutch market in the 1930s: A characteristics approach to film popularity (Clara Pafort-Overduin) -- Chapter 7. Unravelling Australia’s “Infamous ‘contract’ system.” Evidence from Adelaide, 1942-3. (Dylan Walker) -- Chapter 8. Film exhibition, distribution, and popularity in German-occupied Belgium (1940-1944): Brussels, Antwerp, and Liege (John Sedgwick) -- Chapter 9. Five Italian Cities: Comparative analysis of cinema-types, film circulation, and relative popularity in the mid-1950s (John Sedgwick) -- Chapter 10. Cinemagoers should ‘…learn from progressive movies, again and again.’ Cinemagoing in Czechoslovakia, 1949-52 (John Sedgwick) -- Chapter 11. ‘It seems to me that the most popular films in the West are very harmful to us’: Film Popularity in Poland during the years of ‘High Stalinism’ (John Sedgwick) -- Chapter 12. Americanisation in reverse? Hollywood films, international influences, and US audiences, 1946-1965 (Peter Miskell).This book examines the economic circumstances in which films were produced, distributed, exhibited, and consumed during the spoken era of film production until 1970. The periodisation covers the years between the onset of sound and the demise of the phased distribution of films. Films are generally appreciated for their aesthetic qualities. But they are also commodities. This work of economic history presents a new approach, considering consumption behaviour as significant as supply-side decision-making. Audiences’ tastes are considered central, with box-office an indicator of what they liked. The POPSTAT Index of Film Popularity is used as a proxy where box office knowledge is missing. Comparative analysis is conducted through the tool RelPOP. The book comprises original case studies covering film consumption in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States during the 1930s; Australia and occupied Belgium during the Second World War; and Italy, the United States, Poland and Czechoslovakia during the Post-war. An overriding theme is how the classical American business model, which emerged during the 1910s linking production to distribution and exhibition, adapted to local circumstances, including the two countries behind the Iron Curtain during the years of ‘High Stalinism’. .Frontiers in Economic History,2662-978XEconomic historyMotion picturesHistoryArtHistoryIndustriesSocial historyMotion picturesEconomic HistoryFilm and TV HistoryArt HistorySector and Industry StudiesSocial HistoryFilm StudiesEconomic history.Motion picturesHistory.ArtHistory.Industries.Social history.Motion pictures.Economic History.Film and TV History.Art History.Sector and Industry Studies.Social History.Film Studies.302.2343384.8309045Sedgwick JohnMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910592991403321Towards a Comparative Economic History of Cinema, 1930–19703562552UNINA