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Author Farmer, Richard, author.

Title Cinemas and cinemagoing in wartime Britain, 1939-45 : the utility dream palace / Richard Farmer.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
text file
Series Studies in popular culture
Studies in popular culture.
Note Previously issued in print: 2016.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak. Richard Farmer provides a social and cultural history of cinemas and cinemagoing in Britain between 1939 and 1945, and explores the impact that the war had on the places in which British people watched films.
Audience Specialized.
Contents Cover ; Cinemas and cinemagoing in wartime Britain, 1939-45; Contents; List of illustrations ; List of tables ; General editor's foreword ; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations ; Note on sources ; Introduction; 1. Dark houses: cinemagoing in the early months of the war; 2. The Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association and the government; 3. Forlorn and bedraggled spectacles: cinemagoing in the blitz; 4. On the appearance and disappearance of staff; 5. Showmanship in wartime; 6. Cinemagoing in wartime; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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Subject World War (1939-1945)
Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Original 0719091888 9780719091889 (OCoLC)942707153
ISBN 9781526109644 (ebook)
1526109646
0719091888
9780719091889
1784997366
9781784997366

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