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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... -1937 107 5.3 Contrast between national and Bolton summary statistics 109 5.4 Frequency distribution of exhibition of 1,304 films appearing in Bolton cinemas in 1934 and 1935 110 5.5 Comparative film ' winners ' and ' losers ' vi.
... -1937 107 5.3 Contrast between national and Bolton summary statistics 109 5.4 Frequency distribution of exhibition of 1,304 films appearing in Bolton cinemas in 1934 and 1935 110 5.5 Comparative film ' winners ' and ' losers ' vi.
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... appearing in Brighton and Hove cinemas in 1934 and 1935 6.2 Characteristics of Brighton and Hove cinemas , 1934–1935 6.3 Films premiered in Brighton and Hove in 1935 and 1936 which played on seven or more distinct billings 120 128 129 ...
... appearing in Brighton and Hove cinemas in 1934 and 1935 6.2 Characteristics of Brighton and Hove cinemas , 1934–1935 6.3 Films premiered in Brighton and Hove in 1935 and 1936 which played on seven or more distinct billings 120 128 129 ...
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Contents
Tables | 41 |
3 | 50 |
Shares in the British Market | 84 |
Popular Films and their Stars in Bolton Worktown | 105 |
Profits Film Budgets and Popularity | 143 |
Stardom and Hits | 180 |
Michael Balcons Close Encounter with the American Market | 223 |
Difficulties Facing the Production Sector of the British | 230 |
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