03493nam 2200733 450 991082730870332120191118111955.00-7556-9782-01-282-88152-397866128815270-85771-017-61-4416-7947-2600-00-4394-510.5040/9780755697823(CKB)2670000000047611(EBL)677002(OCoLC)710975875(SSID)ssj0000411443(PQKBManifestationID)12164343(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411443(PQKBWorkID)10354685(PQKB)10170440(MiAaPQ)EBC677002(Au-PeEL)EBL677002(CaONFJC)MIL288152(OCoLC)680017933(CaBNVSL)mat55697823(CaBNVSL)9780755697823(EXLCZ)99267000000004761120191118e20192010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe age of the dream palace cinema and society in 1930s Britain /Jeffrey RichardsFirst edition.London [England] :I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,©2010.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,2019.1 online resource (406 p.)Cinema and society seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-84885-122-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Going to the pictures -- The dream merchants -- 'The devil's camera' -- 'Our movie-made children' -- The aims and principles of censorship -- Censorship in operation: domestic policy -- Censorship in operation: foreign policy -- Censorship in operation: imperial policy -- Stars -- Gracie Fields: consensus personified -- George Formby: The road from Wigan Pier -- Jessie Matthews: the dancing divinity -- The romantic adventurer: Robert Donat and Leslie Howard -- Putting Britain on the screen -- Visions of the past--messages for the present -- Images of peace and war -- Class and consensus: lower down -- Class and consensus: higher up.The period between the two world wars is often named 'the golden age of the cinema' in Britain. This definitive and entertaining book on the cinema and cinema-goers of the era is herewith reissued with a new Introduction. Jeffrey Richards, described by Philip French as 'a shrewd critic, a compulsive moviegoer, and a professional historian', tells the absorbing story of the cinema during the decade that produced Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, the musicals of Jessie Matthews and Alexander Korda's epics. He examines the role of going to the pictures in people's lives during a tough period when, in.Cinema and society.Motion picture actors and actressesGreat BritainMotion picture audiencesGreat BritainMotion picturesSocial aspectsGreat BritainFilms, cinemabicsscMotion picture actors and actressesMotion picture audiencesMotion picturesSocial aspectsFilms, cinema302.23430941Richards Jeffrey551272NCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910827308703321The age of the dream palace4074518UNINA