03045nam 2200589 a 450 991078614930332120170816112658.01-299-15474-30-7486-6804-710.1515/9780748668045(CKB)2670000000331182(EBL)1126577(OCoLC)828793396(SSID)ssj0000821684(PQKBManifestationID)12398408(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821684(PQKBWorkID)10871899(PQKB)10551446(MiAaPQ)EBC1126577(DE-B1597)615523(DE-B1597)9780748668045(OCoLC)1302163155(EXLCZ)99267000000033118220121105d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe cinema and cinema-going in Scotland, 1896-1950[electronic resource] /Trevor GriffithsEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20121 online resource (361 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-3828-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-344) and index.Cover; Copyright; 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 ProductionConclusionAppendix 1; Bibliography; IndexWhat did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen?. 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 aMotion picturesScotlandHistory20th centuryMotion picture audiencesScotlandHistory20th centuryMotion picturesHistoryMotion picture audiencesHistory791.4309411HD 505rvkGriffiths Trevor449064MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786149303321The cinema and cinema-going in Scotland, 1896-19503847458UNINA