LEADER 03045nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910786149303321 005 20170816112658.0 010 $a1-299-15474-3 010 $a0-7486-6804-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748668045 035 $a(CKB)2670000000331182 035 $a(EBL)1126577 035 $a(OCoLC)828793396 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821684 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12398408 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821684 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10871899 035 $a(PQKB)10551446 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1126577 035 $a(DE-B1597)615523 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748668045 035 $a(OCoLC)1302163155 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000331182 100 $a20121105d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe cinema and cinema-going in Scotland, 1896-1950$b[electronic resource] /$fTrevor Griffiths 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-3828-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-344) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Production 327 $aConclusionAppendix 1; Bibliography; Index 330 $aWhat 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 a 606 $aMotion pictures$zScotland$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMotion picture audiences$zScotland$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory 615 0$aMotion picture audiences$xHistory 676 $a791.4309411 686 $aHD 505$2rvk 700 $aGriffiths$b Trevor$0449064 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786149303321 996 $aThe cinema and cinema-going in Scotland, 1896-1950$93847458 997 $aUNINA