A Social History of the Cinema in Wales, 1918-1951: Pulpits, Coal Pits and Fleapits"A Social History of the Cinema in Wales" offers a perspective on the place of cinema in Welsh popular culture. The 'golden age' of cinema entertainment is now half a century behind us, yet it continues to linger in popular memory. |
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Page 191
... Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain : A Choice of Pleasures ( Exeter , 2000 ) . 29 Nicholas Hiley , ' The British cinema auditorium ' , in Karel Dibbets and Bert Hogenkamp ( eds ) , Film and the First World War ( Amsterdam , 1995 ) , pp ...
... Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain : A Choice of Pleasures ( Exeter , 2000 ) . 29 Nicholas Hiley , ' The British cinema auditorium ' , in Karel Dibbets and Bert Hogenkamp ( eds ) , Film and the First World War ( Amsterdam , 1995 ) , pp ...
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... Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain : A Choice of Pleasures ( Exeter , 2000 ) ; J. Richards ( ed . ) , The Unknown 1930s : An Alternative History of the British Cinema , 1929-1939 ( London and New York , 1998 ) . 4 For example , Gerben ...
... Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain : A Choice of Pleasures ( Exeter , 2000 ) ; J. Richards ( ed . ) , The Unknown 1930s : An Alternative History of the British Cinema , 1929-1939 ( London and New York , 1998 ) . 4 For example , Gerben ...
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... Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain : A Choice of Pleasures ( Exeter , 2000 ) . Seldes , Gilbert , Movies for the Millions : An Account of Motion Pictures , Principally in America ( London , 1937 ) . Shand , Philip Morton , Modern ...
... Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain : A Choice of Pleasures ( Exeter , 2000 ) . Seldes , Gilbert , Movies for the Millions : An Account of Motion Pictures , Principally in America ( London , 1937 ) . Shand , Philip Morton , Modern ...
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