Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain: A Choice of PleasuresIn the 1930s there were close to a billion annual admissions to the cinema in Britain and it was by far the most popular paid-for leisure activity. This book is an exploration of that popularity. John Sedgwick has developed the POPSTAT index, a methodology based on exhibition records which allows identification of the most popular films and the leading stars of the period, and provides a series of tables which will serve as standard points of reference for all scholars and specialists working in the field of 1930s cinema. The book establishes similarities and differences between national and regional tastes through detailed case study analysis of cinemagoing in Bolton and Brighton, and offers an analysis of genre development. It also reveals that although Hollywood continued to dominate the British market, films emanating from British studios proved markedly popular with domestic audiences. |
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... played for one week . Following their opening , the films from this selection generally returned as the leading film in a double - bill programme to one of the twice weekly change cinemas listed in Table 5.1 for a second - run ...
... played for one week . Following their opening , the films from this selection generally returned as the leading film in a double - bill programme to one of the twice weekly change cinemas listed in Table 5.1 for a second - run ...
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... played at the Stoll in the run up to Christmas . These were big cinemas which generated a lot of box- office revenue and hence were important to the overall box - office performance of a film.5 Another difference between the two is in ...
... played at the Stoll in the run up to Christmas . These were big cinemas which generated a lot of box- office revenue and hence were important to the overall box - office performance of a film.5 Another difference between the two is in ...
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... played for 1.5 weeks at the Theatre Royal , w / c 3 Aug. 1936 , Damaged Lives - 2 weeks at the Palladium w / c 11 Dec. 1933 and Sign of the Cross — 2 weeks at the Rialto w / c 9 Oct. 1933. A few films opened as the leading part of a ...
... played for 1.5 weeks at the Theatre Royal , w / c 3 Aug. 1936 , Damaged Lives - 2 weeks at the Palladium w / c 11 Dec. 1933 and Sign of the Cross — 2 weeks at the Rialto w / c 9 Oct. 1933. A few films opened as the leading part of a ...
Contents
A Matter of Taste | 23 |
The Context | 39 |
Measuring Popularity | 55 |
Copyright | |
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