LEADER 03493nam 2200733 450 001 9910785260503321 005 20191118111955.0 010 $a0-7556-9782-0 010 $a1-282-88152-3 010 $a9786612881527 010 $a0-85771-017-6 010 $a1-4416-7947-2 010 $a600-00-4394-5 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755697823 035 $a(CKB)2670000000047611 035 $a(EBL)677002 035 $a(OCoLC)710975875 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000411443 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12164343 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411443 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10354685 035 $a(PQKB)10170440 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC677002 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL677002 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL288152 035 $a(OCoLC)680017933 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat55697823 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9780755697823 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000047611 100 $a20191118e20192010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe age of the dream palace $ecinema and society in 1930s Britain /$fJeffrey Richards 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon [England] :$cI.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,$dİ2010. 210 2$a[London, England] :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (406 p.) 225 1 $aCinema and society series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84885-122-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGoing 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. 330 $aThe period between the two world wars is often named 'the golden age of the cinema' in Britain. This definitive and entertaining book on the cinema and cinema-goers of the era is herewith reissued with a new Introduction. Jeffrey Richards, described by Philip French as 'a shrewd critic, a compulsive moviegoer, and a professional historian', tells the absorbing story of the cinema during the decade that produced Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, the musicals of Jessie Matthews and Alexander Korda's epics. He examines the role of going to the pictures in people's lives during a tough period when, in. 410 0$aCinema and society. 606 $aMotion picture actors and actresses$zGreat Britain 606 $aMotion picture audiences$zGreat Britain 606 $aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain 606 $aFilms, cinema$2bicssc 615 0$aMotion picture actors and actresses 615 0$aMotion picture audiences 615 0$aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects 615 7$aFilms, cinema 676 $a302.23430941 700 $aRichards$b Jeffrey$0551272 801 0$bN 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785260503321 996 $aThe age of the dream palace$93727603 997 $aUNINA