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 134
... critics , focusing the attractions offered by indi- vidual cinemas , rather than the appeal of particular films . Cinema and the middle classes in Britain The emergence of film criticism in Britain was by no means synonymous with the ...
... critics , focusing the attractions offered by indi- vidual cinemas , rather than the appeal of particular films . Cinema and the middle classes in Britain The emergence of film criticism in Britain was by no means synonymous with the ...
Page 135
... critics wrote.3 By the 1930s , the intellectual wing of the English middle class dominated the writing of serious film criticism . Indeed , it could be said that they had a profound influence on the development of film in Britain more ...
... critics wrote.3 By the 1930s , the intellectual wing of the English middle class dominated the writing of serious film criticism . Indeed , it could be said that they had a profound influence on the development of film in Britain more ...
Page 140
... cinema's misfortunes that film criticism ... has been consistently bad both in this country and America , while film journalism ... has been consistently efficient . ' Although a respected film critic herself , Lejeune also considered ...
... cinema's misfortunes that film criticism ... has been consistently bad both in this country and America , while film journalism ... has been consistently efficient . ' Although a respected film critic herself , Lejeune also considered ...
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