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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... American Wales'.10 American Wales ? In coining the term ' American Wales ' Zimmern did not dwell on what this actually meant . The phrase was little more than a throwaway line in a lecture given to the Cambrian Society at Oxford ...
... American Wales'.10 American Wales ? In coining the term ' American Wales ' Zimmern did not dwell on what this actually meant . The phrase was little more than a throwaway line in a lecture given to the Cambrian Society at Oxford ...
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... American in origin . This had not always been the case . In the years prior to the First World War the majority of films shown in Britain were made in Europe , and at least half of these were British . Indeed , in some years European ...
... American in origin . This had not always been the case . In the years prior to the First World War the majority of films shown in Britain were made in Europe , and at least half of these were British . Indeed , in some years European ...
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... American films were most popular . British or American Films ? There was no survey of attitudes to British and American films carried out in Wales in this period . However , some indication of the relative popularity of such films in a ...
... American films were most popular . British or American Films ? There was no survey of attitudes to British and American films carried out in Wales in this period . However , some indication of the relative popularity of such films in a ...
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